# L-22 MCS 260 Wed 17 Oct 2007 : bkfrom2list
#
# converts existing formats of books as
#
#   1:1:The Art & Craft of Computing:
#   0:2:Making Use of Python:
#
# into
#
#  [True, 1, 'The Art & Craft of Computing']
#  [False, 2, 'Making Use of Python']
#
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()