added a simple parser for static sgf files

filehandling.py

@@ -1,12 +1,6 @@
 import os,tempfile,dircache,string,commands
 
 
-def gen_temp_dir(prefix=None):
-	"""generate a secure temporary directory. returns name of dir."""
-	dirname=tempfile.mkdtemp("",prefix)
-	dirname+="/"
-	return dirname
-
 
 def read_file(filename):
 	"""
@@ -82,4 +76,5 @@ def gen_temp_file(suffix="--gnugo"):
 	returns the name of a generated temporay file.
 	optionally gets a suffix for the filename.
 	"""
-	return tempfile.mkstemp(suffix)[1]
+	return tempfile.mkstemp(suffix)[1]
+	

helper.py

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import string
+import string,re
 
 DEBUG = 1
 
@@ -100,8 +100,84 @@ def dict_coords_to_gnugo_coords(coords,size):
 	digit = size+1-coords[0]
 	return letter+str(digit)
 
+
+def parse_static_gnugo_sgf(s):
+	"""
+	gets a string containing the data saved by the gnugo "printsgf" order.
+	"""
+	#create a list of letters
+	letters = [" "]
+	letters.extend(list(string.letters)[0:26])
+	
+	#dicitonary to return
+	ret = {}
+	
+	#removing newlines vom given string
+	s = s.replace("\r\n","") #windoze
+	s = s.replace("\n","") #unix
+	
+	#getting the board size
+	# looks like SZ[19]
+	# the pattern finds a number ([0-9]) with length (1-2)  between "SZ[" and "]"
+	boardsize = re.search("SZ\[([0-9]{1,2})\]",s).groups()[0]
+	boardsize = int(boardsize)
+	ret["size"] = boardsize
+
+	
+	#some regexp patterns:
+	#(?: ...) groups items
+	stones = "%s((?:\[[a-z][a-z]\])*)" #dont forget to set %s!
+	whitestones = stones % "AW"
+	blackstones = stones % "AB"
+	stonestolist = "\[([a-z][a-z])\]"
+	
+	#getting white stones
+	#looks like AW[bb][cb][cc][cd][de][df]
+	
+	stonestring = re.search(whitestones,s).groups()[0]
+	rawlist =  re.findall(stonestolist,stonestring)
+	for item in rawlist:
+		#fill in specific values
+		ret[(letters.index(item[0]),letters.index(item[1]))] = 1
+	
+	
+	#getting black stones
+	stonestring = re.search(blackstones,s).groups()[0]
+	rawlist =  re.findall(stonestolist,stonestring)
+	for item in rawlist:
+		#fill in specific values
+		ret[(letters.index(item[0]),letters.index(item[1]))] = 2
+	
+	#who's turn is it?
+	if string.find(s,"PL[B]")>0:
+		ret["player"] = "black"
+	else:
+		ret["player"] = "white"
+
+	return ret
+
+
+
+
 def test():
 	print dict_coords_to_gnugo_coords((6,5),7)
+	
+		#sample output
+	s = """(;
+GM[1]
+FF[4]
+SZ[19]
+GN[GNU Go 3.7.4 load and print]
+DT[2005-10-09]
+KM[5.5]
+RU[Japanese]
+AP[GNU Go:3.7.4]
+AW[bb][cb][cc][cd][de][df]
+[ag][cg][ah][ch][dh][ai][bi][ci]
+AB[ba][ab][ac][bc][bd][be][ce][af][cf][bg][bh]
+PL[B]
+)"""
+	print parse_static_gnugo_sgf(s)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
 	test()