step_2.py

markdown_fp = open("step_2.md", "r")
# Needed for later
idea_list = []
idea_counter = 0
start_t = "<i"
end_t = "i>"
inside_tag = False
for line in markdown_fp:
    start_tag = start_t in line
    end_tag = end_t in line
    outside_tag = not inside_tag
    if start_tag and outside_tag:
        # Start tag
        tag_start_index = line.index("<i") + len("<i")
        line = line[tag_start_index:]
        
        # This is where we'll store the idea
        idea_list.append("")
        
        inside_tag = True
    if end_tag and inside_tag:
        # End tag
        end_tag_index = line.index("i>")
        line = line[:end_tag_index]
        tag_list[idea_counter] += line
        idea_counter += 1
        inside_tag = False
    if inside_tag:
        # Extract
        idea_list[idea_counter] += line
markdown_fp.close()
output_fp = open("output.md", "w")
output_fp.write("# Collection of ideas")
for i, idea in enumerate(idea_list):
		output_fp.write("## Idea %d\n" % (i))
		output_fp.write(idea + "\n")
output_fp.close()