reading the listHEADmaster

1 files changed, 21 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/booklist.py b/booklist.py
index c210a23..3ece6f7 100644
--- a/booklist.py
+++ b/booklist.py
@@ -13,13 +13,18 @@ Parsing/managing a book wishlist.
 """
 
 import sys
+from pprint import pprint
+from collections import defaultdict
 
+def read_booklist(file_name="booklist.txt"):
 
-def read_booklist(file="booklist.txt"):
+    booklist = []
     try:
-        with open(file) as f:
-            for line in f:
-                print(line)
+        with open(file_name, 'r') as file:
+            for line in file:
+                author, title = line.rstrip().split(' - ')
+                booklist.append([author, title])
+
     except OSError as exc:
         tb = sys.exc_info()[-1]
         lineno = tb.tb_lineno
@@ -27,10 +32,21 @@ def read_booklist(file="booklist.txt"):
         print(f'{exc.strerror} at {filename} line {lineno}.')
         sys.exit(exc.errno)
 
+    return booklist
+
 
 def main():
     """ main function, do stuff """
-    read_booklist("booklist.txt")
+    booklist = read_booklist("booklist.txt")
+    pprint(booklist)
+
+    newbooklist = defaultdict(list)
+
+    for k, v in booklist:
+        newbooklist[k].append(v)
+
+    pprint(newbooklist)
+
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':