Entry for day 5 of Daily Art Challenge

5.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

import re

text = """1st	your name.
2nd 	an article of clothing.
3rd	a flowering plant.
4th	a piece of furniture.
5th	a machine.
6th	a bicycle/velocipede.
7th	a method of communication.
8th	your favorite food.
9th	a musical instrument.
10th	a word or body of text.
11th	a weapon.
12th	an amphibian.
13th	a mineral formation.
14th	trash.
15th	a body part
16th	electricity.
17th	a "before" & "after".
18th	a tree.
19th	a domesticated animal.
20th	a religious symbol.
21st	an action.
22nd	a pictograph.
23rd	a facial expression.
24th	a tool.
25th	a kitchen appliance.
26th	a mythological creature.
27th	a pattern.
28th	a number.
29th	yourself."""

numfind = re.compile('\d+')
out = "Start Date,Subject\n"
for line in text.split("\n"):
    day, title = line.split("\t")
    out += "02/%02d/2012,%s\n" % (int(numfind.findall(day)[0]), title.replace('"', '\\"'))
file('art_challenge.csv', 'w').write(out)

# now import the resulting CSV to your google calendar