User Survey Parser

parse.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3

import argparse

parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
parser.add_argument(
    'filename',
    help=('User survey results as a file with each line being a list of '
          'responses per user.')
)
args = parser.parse_args()

results = dict()

with open(args.filename, 'r') as f:
    for line in f.readlines():
        segments = line.split('|')
        for part in segments:
            part = part.rstrip()
            if part in results:
                results[part] += 1
            else:
                results[part] = 1

for k, v in sorted(results.iteritems(), key=lambda (k, v): (v, k), reverse=True):
    print('%s had %d responses' % (k, v))