def print_rec(rec):
   print rec
   substrs = rec.split()
   greek_str = " ".join(substrs[1:])
   num_chr = 0
   for chr in greek_str:
      print ord(chr),
      if ord(chr) not in [206, 207]:
         num_chr += 1
 
   print "\n", num_chr
 
 
fp = open("./origDict.txt", "r")
## skip heading
fp.readline()
 
print_rec(fp.readline())
print_rec(fp.readline())
print_rec(fp.readline())

#!/usr/local/bin/python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
import os, sys
#DictManipulation.py written 26/09/09
#See flow_dia_for_new_dict.ods, this directory
#
# A text file that is an English to Greek  dictionary and has 2 columns. 
# As there are many entries it takes up 25 or so pages. The object is to 
# produce a file that has 2 x 2 columns and so producing half the number 
# of pages. The 2nd columb generated should be the next 72 entries following
# the first column so the alfa order is maintained.
# 
# A sample of the original file is shown below
#
#August                    Αύγουστος (ο)                        
#aunt                      θεία  η                              
#autumn                    φθινόπωρο (το)                       
#bad, ugly (adj.)          άσχημος, -η, -ο                      
#bad, wicked, evil (adj.)  κακός, -ή, -ό                        
#bank                      τράπεζα (η)                          
#basket                    καλάθι (το)     
 
def rpad (orig_string, length):
    """Adds spaces to the end of a string until it has the desired length"""
    #Convert to unicode utf-8 because if your default encoding is Ascii the encode step fails
    ustring = unicode(orig_string,"utf-8","strict")
    #In a plain string Greek symbols have length = 1 instead of 2
    plain_string = ustring.encode("cp737", "replace")
    spaces_needed = length - len(plain_string)
    padded_string = orig_string + " " * spaces_needed
    return padded_string
 
lines_per_page = 73       
current_page  = 0       
line_pointer_a = 1        
line_pointer_b = line_pointer_a + lines_per_page 
 
write_file = open ("newDict.txt", "w")
read_file = open ("origDict.txt", "r")
lines_in_file = read_file.readlines ()
read_file.close()
lengh_file = len (lines_in_file)
new_line = '\n'
 
 
while line_pointer_a != (lines_per_page * (current_page + 1 ) + 1):
    lineA = lines_in_file [line_pointer_a].strip() 
    lineB = lines_in_file [line_pointer_b].strip()
    #####newString = '%-56s%-60s%s' % ( lineA , lineB, new_line)
    newString = rpad(lineA,56) + rpad(lineB,60) + new_line
    write_file.write (newString)
    print newString
    print "***Length of the above string is: %d***" % len(newString)
    line_pointer_a += 1
    line_pointer_b += 1
    if line_pointer_b >= lengh_file:
        write_file.close()
        print 'Job Done'
        break
    if line_pointer_a == (lines_per_page * (current_page + 1 ) + 1):
        current_page += 2
        line_pointer_a = (lines_per_page * (current_page ) + 1)              
        line_pointer_b = line_pointer_a + lines_per_page