Strip the Roster HTML file so we are only left with the TABLE rows we need

stripRoster.py

print("Parse start")

first_game_id = 1  #+665
last_game_id = 668 #-2

subseason_id = '02'
datafile_id = 'RO'

searchstr1 = '#</td>'
searchstr2 = 'Pos</td>'
searchstr3 = 'Name</td>'
searchstr4 = '</table>'


for int_game_id in range(first_game_id, last_game_id+1):
    game_id = str(int_game_id).zfill(4)
    print(game_id)

    sourcefile = "C:\\Users\\TOM\\PycharmProjects\\downloadNHL\\datafiles\\{d}{ss}{g}.HTM".format(d=datafile_id, ss=subseason_id, g=game_id)
    targetfile = "C:\\Users\\TOM\\PycharmProjects\\downloadNHL\\datafiles\\stripped_{d}{ss}{g}.HTM".format(d=datafile_id, ss=subseason_id, g=game_id)

    with open(sourcefile,'r') as infile, open(targetfile,'w') as outfile:
        searchstr1_flag = False
        searchstr2_flag = False
        searchstr3_flag = False
        roster_flag = False
        roster_count = 0

        outfile.write('<table border="1" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0">\n')
        for line in infile:
            linestr = str(line)
            if roster_count < 2:    # we haven't found both rosters
                if roster_flag:     # we have a roster
                    if (linestr.find(searchstr4) < 0): # we haven't reached the end of the roster
                        if len(linestr.strip()) > 0:    # write out the roster line
                            outfile.write(linestr.strip())
                            outfile.write('\n')
                    else:   # we reached the end of the roster, so start over for the next roster
                        searchstr1_flag = False
                        searchstr2_flag = False
                        searchstr3_flag = False
                        roster_flag = False
                        roster_count = roster_count + 1
                else:    # we haven't found the latest roster section
                    if searchstr1_flag is False:    # we haven't found the 1st header element of roster
                        searchstr1_flag = (linestr.find(searchstr1) >= 0)
                    elif searchstr2_flag is False:   # we haven't found the 2nd header element of roster
                        searchstr2_flag = (linestr.find(searchstr2) >= 0)
                    elif searchstr3_flag is False:   # we haven't found the 3rd header element of roster
                        searchstr3_flag = (linestr.find(searchstr3) >= 0)
                    else:
                        roster_flag = True
                        outfile.write('<tr bgcolor="#CCCCCC">\n<td>Jersey</td>\n<td>Pos</td>\n<td>ROSTER{t}</td>\n</tr>\n'.format(t=roster_count))

        outfile.write('</table>')

print("Parse end")