gistfile1.py

import re, string
pattern=re.compile(r'[^a-zA-Z ]')
abstracts = []
with open("C:\Users\graingec\spillovers\\abstracts\\abstracts.csv","rb") as f:
    for line in f:
    	y = line.split(',',1)
    	if len(y)==2:
    		abstracts.append(y[1])
abstracts1 = []
for i in abstracts:
	abstracts1.append(i.replace('<image>',''))
abstracts = []
for i in abstracts1:
	abstracts.append(pattern.sub('',i.lower()))
abstracts = abstracts[1:len(abstracts)]
with open("C:\Users\graingec\spillovers\\abstracts\\abstracts.txt","w") as f:
    for i in abstracts:
    	f.write(i)