showstarter imdb import

gistfile1.txt

import sys

ENTRY_START = 297
RATING_RANGE = (20, 24)
TITLE_START = 26

input_file = sys.argv[1]

with open(input_file, 'r') as f:
    entries = [line.strip() for line in f]

start = RATING_RANGE[0]
end = RATING_RANGE[1]
capturing = False
prev_rating = None
prev_title = None
episode = r'{.*}'

for entry in entries[ENTRY_START:ENTRY_START+10]:
    try:
        rating = float(entry[start:end])
        title = entry[TITLE_START:]
    except ValueError:
        break
    if capturing and re.match(episode, entry):
        print "NEW EPISODE:", 
    else:
        if re.match(episode, entry):
            print "NEW TV SHOW:", prev_rating, prev_title
            capturing = True
    prev_rating = rating
    prev_title = title