ppp.py

def get_word_string(user_file):
    user_file = open(user_file,"r")
    states = {}
    #wordString = '' # start with an empty string of words
    lines = user_file.readlines()
    header = lines[0].split(",")
    for line in lines[1:]:
        items = line.split(",")
        states[items[0]] = dict(zip(header[1:], items[1:])))