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#!/usr/bin/python
# this is a shebang: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shebang_%28Unix%29
'''
This script looks at each word in a given text, if the word contains the letters of Perec, the word is printed to another textfile
Made for OLA #5, Paris, 15-17 décembre 2017
'''
# import external modules
import re
import string
# define textfiles
source = open("../data/1984_all.txt", 'r')
destination = open("../data/perec.txt", 'w')
# define regular expression
regex = r'(\w*p+\w*e+\w*r+\w*e+\w*c+)'
# write title to destination
destination.write("Source: George Orwell's 1984\n\n\n")
# search for pattern in source, print in terminal & write to destination
sentences = []
# read source line by line
for line in source:
# split each line into list of words, split on white spaces
words = line.split(" ")
for word in words:
# look if pattern is in word
if re.search(regex, word):
# if yes, print word in terminal
print(word)
# write word to file without punctuation
destination.write(word.strip('\., \,')+'\n')
# close textfiles
source.close()
destination.close()