Turn pseudo code to actual code

parse_readme.py

@@ -1,28 +1,56 @@
 import pprint
 
 fname = "README.md"
-snipepts = []
+snippets = []
 
 with open(fname, 'r') as f:
-	lines = f.readlines()
-	iterator
-	while iterator:
-		# check if it's a H3
-		if line.startswith("###"):
-			title = line.replace("### ", "")
-			description = ''
-			next_line = itertor.next
-			while not next_line.startswith("#### "):
-				# store lines till an H4 (explanation) is encountered
-				description.append(next_line)
-			next_line = iterator.next
-			# store lines again until --- or another H3 is encountered
-			snippets.append({
-					"title":,
-					"description":,
-					"explanation":
-				})
-			# repeat until EOL is encoutered
+    lines = iter(f.readlines())
+    line = lines.next()
+
+    try:
+        while True:
+            # check if it's a H3
+            if line.startswith("### "):
+                title = line.replace("### ", "")
+                # print(title, "found")
+                description = []
+                next_line = lines.next()
+
+                # store lines till an H4 (explanation) is encountered
+                while not next_line.startswith("#### "):
+                    description.append(next_line)
+                    next_line = lines.next()
+
+                # print("Description captured", description[:10])
+
+                explanation = []
+                # store lines again until --- or another H3 is encountered
+                while not (next_line.startswith("---") or
+                           next_line.startswith("### ")):
+                    explanation.append(next_line)
+                    next_line = lines.next()
+
+                # print("explanation captured", explanation[:10])
+
+
+                # Store the results finally
+                snippets.append({
+                        "title": title,
+                        "description": '\n'.join(description),
+                        "explanation": '\n'.join(explanation)
+                })
+
+                line = next_line
+
+            else:
+                line = lines.next()
+
+    except StopIteration:
+        snippets.append({
+                        "title": title,
+                        "description": '\n'.join(description),
+                        "explanation": '\n'.join(explanation)
+        })
 
 # separating by category
 categories = ["a", "b", "c"]
@@ -30,7 +58,7 @@ categories = ["a", "b", "c"]
 snips_by_cat = {k:[] for k in categories}
 
 for snip in snippets:
-	cat = raw_input(snip["title"])
-	snips_by_cat[cat].append(snip)
+    cat = raw_input(snip["title"])
+    snips_by_cat[cat].append(snip)
 
-pprint.pprint(snips_by_cat)
+pprint.pprint("hail", snippets)