Formating countries data.A python script to format input data.txt file to a json output data.json

data.json

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    'LK': ('Sri Lanka', (79.6951668639, 5.96836985923, 81.7879590189, 9.82407766361)),
    'LS': ('Lesotho', (26.9992619158, -30.6451058896, 29.3251664568, -28.6475017229)),
    'LT': ('Lithuania', (21.0558004086, 53.9057022162, 26.5882792498, 56.3725283881)),
    'LU': ('Luxembourg', (5.67405195478, 49.4426671413, 6.24275109216, 50.1280516628)),
    'LV': ('Latvia', (21.0558004086, 55.61510692, 28.1767094256, 57.9701569688)),
    'MA': ('Morocco', (-17.0204284327, 21.4207341578, -1.12455115397, 35.7599881048)),
    'MD': ('Moldova', (26.6193367856, 45.4882831895, 30.0246586443, 48.4671194525)),
    'MG': ('Madagascar', (43.2541870461, -25.6014344215, 50.4765368996, -12.0405567359)),
    'MX': ('Mexico', (-117.12776, 14.5388286402, -86.811982388, 32.72083)),
    'MK': ('Macedonia', (20.46315, 40.8427269557, 22.9523771502, 42.3202595078)),
    'ML': ('Mali', (-12.1707502914, 10.0963607854, 4.27020999514, 24.9745740829)),
    'MM': ('Myanmar', (92.3032344909, 9.93295990645, 101.180005324, 28.335945136)),
    'ME': ('Montenegro', (18.45, 41.87755, 20.3398, 43.52384)),
    'MN': ('Mongolia', (87.7512642761, 41.5974095729, 119.772823928, 52.0473660345)),
    'MZ': ('Mozambique', (30.1794812355, -26.7421916643, 40.7754752948, -10.3170960425)),
    'MR': ('Mauritania', (-17.0634232243, 14.6168342147, -4.92333736817, 27.3957441269)),
    'MW': ('Malawi', (32.6881653175, -16.8012997372, 35.7719047381, -9.23059905359)),
    'MY': ('Malaysia', (100.085756871, 0.773131415201, 119.181903925, 6.92805288332)),
    'NA': ('Namibia', (11.7341988461, -29.045461928, 25.0844433937, -16.9413428687)),
    'NC': ('New Caledonia', (164.029605748, -22.3999760881, 167.120011428, -20.1056458473)),
    'NE': ('Niger', (0.295646396495, 11.6601671412, 15.9032466977, 23.4716684026)),
    'NG': ('Nigeria', (2.69170169436, 4.24059418377, 14.5771777686, 13.8659239771)),
    'NI': ('Nicaragua', (-87.6684934151, 10.7268390975, -83.147219001, 15.0162671981)),
    'NL': ('Netherlands', (3.31497114423, 50.803721015, 7.09205325687, 53.5104033474)),
    'NO': ('Norway', (4.99207807783, 58.0788841824, 31.29341841, 80.6571442736)),
    'NP': ('Nepal', (80.0884245137, 26.3978980576, 88.1748043151, 30.4227169866)),
    'NZ': ('New Zealand', (166.509144322, -46.641235447, 178.517093541, -34.4506617165)),
    'OM': ('Oman', (52.0000098, 16.6510511337, 59.8080603372, 26.3959343531)),
    'PK': ('Pakistan', (60.8742484882, 23.6919650335, 77.8374507995, 37.1330309108)),
    'PA': ('Panama', (-82.9657830472, 7.2205414901, -77.2425664944, 9.61161001224)),
    'PE': ('Peru', (-81.4109425524, -18.3479753557, -68.6650797187, -0.0572054988649)),
    'PH': ('Philippines', (117.17427453, 5.58100332277, 126.537423944, 18.5052273625)),
    'PG': ('Papua New Guinea', (141.000210403, -10.6524760881, 156.019965448, -2.50000212973)),
    'PL': ('Poland', (14.0745211117, 49.0273953314, 24.0299857927, 54.8515359564)),
    'PR': ('Puerto Rico', (-67.2424275377, 17.946553453, -65.5910037909, 18.5206011011)),
    'KP': ('N. Korea', (124.265624628, 37.669070543, 130.780007359, 42.9853868678)),
    'PT': ('Portugal', (-9.52657060387, 36.838268541, -6.3890876937, 42.280468655)),
    'PY': ('Paraguay', (-62.6850571357, -27.5484990374, -54.2929595608, -19.3427466773)),
    'QA': ('Qatar', (50.7439107603, 24.5563308782, 51.6067004738, 26.1145820175)),
    'RO': ('Romania', (20.2201924985, 43.6884447292, 29.62654341, 48.2208812526)),
    'RU': ('Russia', (-180.0, 41.151416124, 180.0, 81.2504)),
    'RW': ('Rwanda', (29.0249263852, -2.91785776125, 30.8161348813, -1.13465911215)),
    'SA': ('Saudi Arabia', (34.6323360532, 16.3478913436, 55.6666593769, 32.161008816)),
    'SD': ('Sudan', (21.93681, 8.61972971293, 38.4100899595, 22.0)),
    'SS': ('S. Sudan', (23.8869795809, 3.50917, 35.2980071182, 12.2480077571)),
    'SN': ('Senegal', (-17.6250426905, 12.332089952, -11.4678991358, 16.5982636581)),
    'SB': ('Solomon Is.', (156.491357864, -10.8263672828, 162.398645868, -6.59933847415)),
    'SL': ('Sierra Leone', (-13.2465502588, 6.78591685631, -10.2300935531, 10.0469839543)),
    'SV': ('El Salvador', (-90.0955545723, 13.1490168319, -87.7235029772, 14.4241327987)),
    'SO': ('Somalia', (40.98105, -1.68325, 51.13387, 12.02464)),
    'RS': ('Serbia', (18.82982, 42.2452243971, 22.9860185076, 46.1717298447)),
    'SR': ('Suriname', (-58.0446943834, 1.81766714112, -53.9580446031, 6.0252914494)),
    'SK': ('Slovakia', (16.8799829444, 47.7584288601, 22.5581376482, 49.5715740017)),
    'SI': ('Slovenia', (13.6981099789, 45.4523163926, 16.5648083839, 46.8523859727)),
    'SE': ('Sweden', (11.0273686052, 55.3617373725, 23.9033785336, 69.1062472602)),
    'SZ': ('Swaziland', (30.6766085141, -27.2858794085, 32.0716654803, -25.660190525)),
    'SY': ('Syria', (35.7007979673, 32.312937527, 42.3495910988, 37.2298725449)),
    'TD': ('Chad', (13.5403935076, 7.42192454674, 23.88689, 23.40972)),
    'TG': ('Togo', (-0.0497847151599, 5.92883738853, 1.86524051271, 11.0186817489)),
    'TH': ('Thailand', (97.3758964376, 5.69138418215, 105.589038527, 20.4178496363)),
    'TJ': ('Tajikistan', (67.4422196796, 36.7381712916, 74.9800024759, 40.9602133245)),
    'TM': ('Turkmenistan', (52.5024597512, 35.2706639674, 66.5461503437, 42.7515510117)),
    'TL': ('East Timor', (124.968682489, -9.39317310958, 127.335928176, -8.27334482181)),
    'TT': ('Trinidad and Tobago', (-61.95, 10.0, -60.895, 10.89)),
    'TN': ('Tunisia', (7.52448164229, 30.3075560572, 11.4887874691, 37.3499944118)),
    'TR': ('Turkey', (26.0433512713, 35.8215347357, 44.7939896991, 42.1414848903)),
    'TW': ('Taiwan', (120.106188593, 21.9705713974, 121.951243931, 25.2954588893)),
    'TZ': ('Tanzania', (29.3399975929, -11.7209380022, 40.31659, -0.95)),
    'UG': ('Uganda', (29.5794661801, -1.44332244223, 35.03599, 4.24988494736)),
    'UA': ('Ukraine', (22.0856083513, 44.3614785833, 40.0807890155, 52.3350745713)),
    'UY': ('Uruguay', (-58.4270741441, -34.9526465797, -53.209588996, -30.1096863746)),
    'US': ('United States', (-171.791110603, 18.91619, -66.96466, 71.3577635769)),
    'UZ': ('Uzbekistan', (55.9289172707, 37.1449940049, 73.055417108, 45.5868043076)),
    'VE': ('Venezuela', (-73.3049515449, 0.724452215982, -59.7582848782, 12.1623070337)),
    'VN': ('Vietnam', (102.170435826, 8.59975962975, 109.33526981, 23.3520633001)),
    'VU': ('Vanuatu', (166.629136998, -16.5978496233, 167.844876744, -14.6264970842)),
    'PS': ('West Bank', (34.9274084816, 31.3534353704, 35.5456653175, 32.5325106878)),
    'YE': ('Yemen', (42.6048726743, 12.5859504257, 53.1085726255, 19.0000033635)),
    'ZA': ('South Africa', (16.3449768409, -34.8191663551, 32.830120477, -22.0913127581)),
    'ZM': ('Zambia', (21.887842645, -17.9612289364, 33.4856876971, -8.23825652429)),
    'ZW': ('Zimbabwe', (25.2642257016, -22.2716118303, 32.8498608742, -15.5077869605)),

format.py

#!/usr/bin/python


#print "give me a bottle of rum!"

#mock = "'AF': ('Afghanistan', (60.5284298033, 29.318572496, 75.1580277851, 38.4862816432)),"
#print mock
d = open("output.json",'w')
#print >>d, 'whatever'     # Python 2.x
#print('whatever', file=f) # Python 3.x

print >>d , "{ \"countries\" :["
with open("Data.txt") as f:
    for dataLine in f:
          data= dataLine.split(':')
          print >>d , "{\n\"country\" : "+data[0].strip().replace('\'','\"')+","
          dataAfter=data[1].split(',')
          print >>d ,"\"name\" : "+dataAfter[0].replace('\'','\"').replace('(','')+","

          #print dataAfter
          print >>d , "\"co-ord\":["
          for i in range (1,len(dataAfter)-1):
                  if i!=len(dataAfter)-2:
                       print >>d , dataAfter[i].strip().replace(')','').replace('(','')+","
                  else:
                       print >>d , dataAfter[i].strip().replace(')','').replace('(','')
          print >>d , "]\n},"
print >>d , "] }"

#for element in l:
 #   parts = element.split(',')
    #print parts