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gistfile1.py

import sys
import re
import string
import urllib

filename = "".join(sys.argv[1:])
if filename.startswith("http"):
    htmlFile = urllib.urlopen(filename)
else:
    htmlFile = open(filename, 'r')

locationRE = re.compile(r"<h3 class=\"clear nobottommargin\"><a href=.*>(.*)</a>")
chancesDrawnRE = re.compile(r".*?([\d,]+) applicants for (\d+) permit.*")
successChanceRE = re.compile(r".*Hunter Success: (\d+)%")

curLocation = ""
chancesDrawn = 0
successChance = 0

results = []

for line in htmlFile:
    match = locationRE.match(line)
    if match is not None:
        curLocation = match.group(1)
        chancesDrawn = 0
        successChance = 0
        continue

    match = chancesDrawnRE.match(line)
    if match is not None:
        applicants = match.group(1).replace(',','')
        drawn = match.group(2)
        if int(applicants) == 0:
            chancesDrawn = 0.0
        else:
            chancesDrawn = float(drawn) / float(applicants)

        if chancesDrawn > 1:
            print "DEBUG %s %s %s" % (curLocation, applicants, drawn)

        continue

    match = successChanceRE.match(line)
    if match is not None:
        successChance = int(match.group(1))

        #This is the last piece of data, so process everything and store
        chanceIllBeSuccessful = chancesDrawn * (successChance / 100.0)
        #print "DEBUG location=%s apps=%f chancesDrawn = %f successChance = %d" % (curLocation, float(applicants), chancesDrawn, successChance)
        results.append( (curLocation, chanceIllBeSuccessful) )

sortedResults = sorted(results, key=lambda location: location[1], reverse=True)
for result in sortedResults:
    print string.ljust(result[0], 30), "%3.1f%%" % (result[1]*100)