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combine.py
#!/usr/bin/env python
# given two files, combine them line by line, character by character, such that
# the output takes a character from whichever file iesn't blank (defaulting to
# the character in file1)
import linecache
import os
path = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
file1 = "%s/text.txt" % path
file2 = "%s/earth.txt" % path
open_file1 = open(file1, "r")
open_file2 = open(file2, "r")
line_count1 = len(open_file1.readlines())
line_count2 = len(open_file2.readlines())
line_count = max(line_count1, line_count2)
# for each line in the files
for j in range(0, line_count):
line1 = linecache.getline(file1, j)
line2 = linecache.getline(file2, j)
line_length = max(len(line1), len(line2))
line_res = []
# for each character in the line, add the one that isn't blank to the results
for i in range(0, line_length):
char1 = False
char2 = False
# assign the characters
if i < len(line1):
char1 = line1[i]
if i < len(line2):
char2 = line2[i]
# kill newlines
if char1 == "\n":
char1 = " "
if char2 == "\n":
char2 = " "
# has neither
if char1 == False and char2 == False:
res = ""
# has one
elif char1 and char2 == False:
res = char1
# has the other
elif char2 and char1 == False:
res = char2
# has both
elif char1 and char2:
if char1 == " " and char2 != " ":
res = char2
else:
res = char1
line_res.append(res)
print "".join(line_res)
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earth.txt
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output.txt
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B$$&' B b$$$' 'b B$$$$$$$#' !$$$$$$$$ '$$$$$$$$$$c b$$$2
'$$$' b#$# '$$$2b&$$c 2#$$$#2' c2B&#$#& &$$$B&$$$$$c '$$$#
b$$# &$$$$! B$$$$$$$2 '2&$B c2$$$c B$$$-
c$$$ $$$$$$' b$$$$$Bb' c' '$$$- b$$$2
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text.txt
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