fileread.py

import json

input_ls = []
f = open('inputTraining.txt')

for line in iter(f):
    try:
        input_ls.append(json.loads(line))
    except ValueError:
        print line +'is not a proper json line'
f.close()

nCount = input_ls[0]
input_ls = input_ls[1:]

if len(input_ls) != nCount :
    print 'Data is not correct, pls check!'

    
calvin = []
hobbes = []
for c in input_ls:
    calvin.append(c.get('calvin'))
    hobbes.append(c.get('hobbes'))
    
target = []
f = open('outputTraining.txt')
for line in iter(f):
    line = line.replace('\n','')
    target.append(line)
f.close()
print len(target)