Reddit Python Quiz 1

quiz1.py

#! /usr/bin/env python
import sys, itertools

def wordchecker(dictfile,*lets):
	""" Find the longest words made up of lets that are contained in dictfile """
	dictionary = set( w.rstrip() for w in open(dictfile,'r')) #SpellChecker(['ospd.txt'])

	def allwords(lets):
		""" Return a generator of the longest words """
		breakout = False
		for n in range(len(lets)+1,0,-1):
			for perm in itertools.permutations(lets,n):
				word = ''.join(perm)
				if word in dictionary:
					yield word
					breakout = True
			if breakout:
				break

	return list(allwords(lets))


if __name__ == "__main__":
	print wordchecker(sys.argv[1],*sys.argv[2:])