A snippet to generate Anki-compatible csv for flashcards

parse.py

# gre.txt from plaintext in
# https://gre.economist.com/gre-advice/gre-vocabulary/which-words-study/most-common-gre-vocabulary-list-organized-difficulty
with open('gre.txt') as inf, \
        open('out.csv', 'w') as outf:

    count = 0
    while True:
        line = inf.readline()

        if line == '':
            break

        sep = line.find(':')
        word = line[:sep]
        rest = line[sep + len(': '):].replace('\n', '</br></br>')

        while line != '\n' and line != '':
            line = inf.readline()
            rest += line.replace('\n', '</br></br>')

        outf.write((word + '\t' + rest + '\n\n'))

        if count != 0 and count % 10 == 0:
            print('Finished processing %d records' % count)

        count += 1