# L-17 MCS 260 Fri 19 Feb 2010 : bkfrom2list

# converts existing formats of books as
#
#   1:1:Computer Science.  An Overview:
#   0:2:Python Programming in Context:
#
# into
#
#  [True, 1, 'Computer Science.  An Overview']
#  [False, 2, 'Python Programming in Context']

infile = open('books','r')
outfile = open('bookslists','w')
while True:
   s = infile.readline()
   if s == '': break
   L = s.split(':')
   t = [L[0] == '1',int(L[1]), L[2]]
   outfile.write(str(t) + '\n')
infile.close()
outfile.close()