gistfile1.txt

wages = open("myfile.txt", "r").readlines()

# http://www.socialsecurity.gov/employer/efw/14efw2.pdf#zoom=100


def print_sequence(line, start, end):
    return line[start - 1:end]


def dollars(amt):
    return float(amt) / 100


rw = wages[2]
print "--RW record--"
print "RI: %s" % print_sequence(rw, 1, 2)
print "SSN: %s" % print_sequence(rw, 3, 11)
print "First: %s" % print_sequence(rw, 12, 26)
print "Middle: %s" % print_sequence(rw, 27, 41)
print "Last: %s" % print_sequence(rw, 42, 61)

print "Wages: %s" % dollars(print_sequence(rw, 188, 198))
print "Withehld: %s" % dollars(print_sequence(rw, 199, 209))
print "SS Wages: %s" % dollars(print_sequence(rw, 210, 220))
print "SS Wages Withheld: %s" % dollars(print_sequence(rw, 221, 231))
print "Medicare: %s" % dollars(print_sequence(rw, 232, 242))
print "Medicare withheld: %s" % dollars(print_sequence(rw, 243, 253))
print "SS Tips: %s" % dollars(print_sequence(rw, 254, 264))
print "Blank: %s" % (print_sequence(rw, 265, 275))

rt = wages[3]
print "--RT record--"
print "RI: %s" % print_sequence(rt, 1, 2)
print "Number of RW records: %s" % int(print_sequence(rt, 3, 9))
print "Wages: %s" % dollars(print_sequence(rt, 10, 24))
print "Federal: %s" % dollars(print_sequence(rt, 25, 39))
print "Social: %s" % dollars(print_sequence(rt, 40, 54))
print "Social Withheld: %s" % dollars(print_sequence(rt, 55, 69))
print "Medicare: %s" % dollars(print_sequence(rt, 70, 84))
print "Medicare Withheld: %s" % dollars(print_sequence(rt, 85, 99))
print "Social Security Tips: %s" % dollars(print_sequence(rt, 100, 114))