# Marking up data in a text file as XML

import sys
print "Content-type: text/xml\n"

print"""<?xml version = "1.0"?>
<?xmlLstylesheet type = "text/xsl"
  href = "../XML/contact_list.xsl"?>"""

# Open data file:
try:
  file = open( "names.txt", "r" )
except IOError:
  sys.exit( "Error opening file" )

print "<contacts>"
replaceList = [ ("&", "&amp;"),
                ("<", "&lt;"),
                (">", "&gt;"),
                ('"', "&quot;"),
                ("'", "&apos;") ]

for currentLine in file.readlines():
  for oldValue, newValue in replaceList:
      currentLine = currentLine.replace( oldValue, newValue )
  last, first = currentLine.split(", ")
  first = first.strip() #remove carriage return
  print """  <contact>
    <LastName>%s</LastName>
    <FirstName>%s</FirstName>
    </contact>""" % ( last, first )
file.close()

print "</contacts>"

if __name__ == "__main__":
  None
  #print "Hello World"