python utility sets

python-util.py

def loadLines(path, rmSharp=False):
    """ line by line reader : output : array """
    fp = open(path, "r")
    alls = fp.read().split("\n")[:-1]
    if (rmSharp):
        lines = []
        for line in alls:
            line = line.strip()
            if line.startswith('#'):
                continue
            else:
                lines.append(line)
        return lines
     else:
        return alls

  
def loadOptionLines(path):
    """ line by line reader : output : array """
    fp = open(path, "r")
    alls = fp.read().split("\n")[:-1]
    lines = []
    for line in alls:
        line = line.strip()
        if line == '' or line.startswith('#'):
            continue
        else:
            lines.append(line)
    return lines
  

def load_options(path):
    """ line by line config : name=value pair """
    options = dict()
    with open(path, 'r') as fp:
        lines = fp.readlines()
    for line in lines:
        line = line.strip()
        if line == '' or line.startswith('#'):
            continue
        key, value = line.split('=')
        options[key.strip()] = value.strip()
    return options

def parse_info_config(path):
    """ Parses the header and name value pairs  """
    file = open(path, 'r')
    lines = file.read().split('\n')
    lines = [x for x in lines if x and not x.startswith('#')]
    lines = [x.rstrip().lstrip() for x in lines] # get rid of fringe whitespaces
    module_defs = []
    for line in lines:
        if line.startswith('['): # This marks the start of a new block
            module_defs.append({})
            module_defs[-1]['type'] = line[1:-1].rstrip()
        else:
            key, value = line.split("=")
            value = value.strip()
            module_defs[-1][key.rstrip()] = value.strip()
    return module_defs