# read a namelist file into a dictionary

# methods are well documented, magic is not

import sys

namelistD = {}
namelistF = open(sys.argv[1])

lineL = namelistF.readlines()
lineL = lineL[1:-1]		# eliminate first and last line
#print lineL

for lineS in lineL:
	lineS = lineS[:-2]	# string is immutable, so replace it
	# print lineS
	kv = lineS.split("=")

	key = kv[0]
	value = kv[1]
	# print key, value

	if key == "tprobe" or key == "rprobe":
		value = value.replace("," , " ")    # remove the commas
		xyz = value.split()
		print xyz
		namelistD[key] = xyz
	else:
		namelistD[key] = value

print "\n-----------------Dictionary { } ------------------"
print namelistD

				# see 5.8 Mapping Types -- dict
itemsL = namelistD.items()	# returns list of 2-tuples; note parentheses
print "\n-----------------List of 2-tuples  [ (), () ]  ------------------"
print itemsL
itemsL.sort()			# sort alphabetically by first part of tuple
print "\n-----------------Sorted List of 2-tuples  [ (), () ]  ------------------"
print itemsL

# rprobe and tprobe have a value that is a list of 3 strings

# String methods are section 5.6.1 in docs.python.org/2/library/stdtypes.html
#  bookmark for commonly referenced documentation

"""

in interpreter:
>>> help(str)

"""