Template for nz programming competition

gistfile1.py

# template for starting a programming contest question

# shortcuts
import pprint
printer = pprint.PrettyPrinter(indent=4)
pp = printer.pprint


def do_work(data):
    """ after reading a file data is passed into this function"""
    pass

if __name__ == '__main__':
    data = []
    try:
        while True:
            line = input()
            data.append(line)

    except (KeyboardInterrupt, EOFError):
        pass
    do_work(data)