nations = """ALGERIA ARGENTINA BRAZIL CANADA EGYPT ETHIOPIA FRANCE GERMANY INDIA INDONESIA IRAN IRAQ JAPAN JORDAN KENYA MOROCCO MOZAMBIQUE PERU CHINA ROMANIA SAUDI ARABIA VIETNAM RUSSIA UNITED KINGDOM UNITED STATES """ nations = nations.split('\n') regions = """AFRICA AMERICA ASIA EUROPE MIDDLE EAST """ regions = regions.split('\n') # process suppliers lines = open('supplier.tbl').readlines() o = [] for line in lines: try: parts = line.split('|') parts[4] = str(nations.index(parts[4])) parts[5] = str(regions.index(parts[5])) parts[3] = str(int(parts[4]) * 10 + int(parts[3][-1])) o.append('|'.join(parts)) except: print line break f = open('supplier.tbl.p','w') for line in o: f.write(line) f.close() # process customers lines = open('customer.tbl').readlines() o = [] for line in lines: try: parts = line.split('|') parts[4] = str(nations.index(parts[4])) parts[5] = str(regions.index(parts[5])) parts[3] = str(int(parts[4]) * 10 + int(parts[3][-1])) o.append('|'.join(parts)) except: print line break f = open('customer.tbl.p','w') for line in o: f.write(line) f.close() # process parts lines = open('part.tbl').readlines() o = [] for line in lines: try: parts = line.split('|') parts[2] = parts[2].split('#')[-1] parts[3] = parts[3].split('#')[-1] parts[4] = parts[4].split('#')[-1] o.append('|'.join(parts)) except: print line break f = open('part.tbl.p','w') for line in o: f.write(line) f.close()