#!/usr/bin/python #Filename:trim.py #In this file we have removed braces which comes at the end of each line in .edgelist file #open edgelist file f=open("edge_new.gml","r") #open destination file h=open("final1.txt","w") c=0 while True: l=f.readline() l1=len(l) if l1==0: break # if c==1: # break if l1 > 9: print "entered in 1st if" if l[2]=='s' and l[3]=='o': i=9 print "entered in second if" while True: print "entered in 1st while loop" if l[i]=="\n": break h.write(l[i]) i=i+1 h.write(" ") if l[2]=='t' and l[3]=='a': i=9 print "entered in 3rd if" while True: print "entered in 2nd while loop" if l[i]=="\n": break h.write(l[i]) i=i+1 h.write("\n") c=c+1 print c f.close() h.close()