[Tutor] Take file and dice

[Gonçalo Rodrigues]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Adam Vardy" <anvardy@roadrunner.nf.net>
To: <tutor@python.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 2:09 PM
Subject: [Tutor] Take file and dice


> Could I find a program like this?

Probably not, but let's run down through your spec and see *what we need* to
accomplish the task.

>Will search down through a text
> file.

You need to know how to open (text) files.

>Each time a line is found that starts like here,

You need to scan the file line by line.
(A) You need to check if a line starts with a given sequence of chars.

>take the
> filename, create it,

If a line starts with the given sequence of characters:
(somehow) grab a filename from the line

>and save the following text to it, up until a
> line starts with some non alphabetic symbol.

for each line following and "until it starts with some non alphabetic
symbol":
save line which means: open a new file for writing with the filename we
grabbed and write line to file.


>And then continue looking
> for this part again, for a new file.

Go back to (A) and do it all again.


>So, you end up with a bunch of
> new files in some path.
>
> # file filename
>
> Also, take the text file, and remove all lines that start like
>
> ...
> >>>

if line starts with ">>>":
delete it.

>
> and save the result.
>

Rewrite what we have to our original file.

> --
> Adam Vardy

This should give you a (simple) prototype. Now get to work! ;-)

All the best,
G. Rodrigues