Confusion from executing multiple loops:

[dechen]

I have an input in the form (as given below) in a text file. I have to loop through the contents in between two '$-$-$-$' characters. This is done by splitting at '$-$-$-$'. To get the Output as shown in the format below I could achieve by splitting at newline and at '-' character and looping through. Problem is I cannot get the names iteratively like 1.lab, 2.lab, 3.lab for content b/w $-$-$-$. Couldn't apply the loops properly. Confused with the loops. Please help me construct the loops properly so that I can get the file names (1.lab, 2.lab, etc.) iteratively/ automatically.

Thanks.

INPUT
$-$-$-$
m-i-x-0
ph-e-l-0
$-$-$-$
n-o-r-0
s-e-m-0
c-e-n-0
$-$-$-$

OUTPUT
"1.lab"
m0
i0
ph0
e0
l0
.
"2.lab"
n0
o0
r0
s0
e0
m0
c0
e0
n0
.

[bvdet]

Where do the names '1.lab' and '2.lab' come from? Are they names of text files or labels for the output? If labels for output:

fn = 'lab_data.txt'

s = open(fn).read()
sList = [[s for s in item.split('\n') if s] for item in s.split('$-$-$-$') if item]

output = []

for i, item in enumerate(sList):
    output.append(['"%d.lab"' % (i+1), ])
    for elem in item:
        subList = elem.split('-')
        num = subList.pop(-1)
        for s in subList:
            output[i].append("%s%s" % (s, num))

print '\n.\n'.join(['\n'.join(item) for item in output])

Output:

>>> "1.lab"
m0
i0
x0
ph0
e0
l0
.
"2.lab"
n0
o0
r0
s0
e0
m0
c0
e0
n0
>>>

[dechen]

Thank you very much. :-)