Python Challenge 06 Solution

gist: https://gist.github.com/genesislive/5098123

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-
 
# http://www.pythonchallenge.com/pc/def/channel.html
# <!-- <-- zip -->
# see readme in http://www.pythonchallenge.com/pc/def/channel.zip
 
import os
import re
import urllib
import zipfile
 
nothing = '90052'
pattern = 'Next nothing is (\d+)'
file_pattern = '%s.txt'
channel_file = 'channel.zip'
uri = 'http://www.pythonchallenge.com/pc/def/channel.zip'
comments = []
 
if not os.path.exists(channel_file):
    urllib.urlretrieve(uri, channel_file)
 
file = zipfile.ZipFile('channel.zip')
 
while True:
    try:
        nothing = re.search(pattern, file.read(file_pattern % nothing)).group(1)
    except:
        # Collect the comments.
        print file.read(file_pattern % nothing)
        break
 
    # print file.getinfo(file_pattern % nothing).comment)
    comments.append(file.getinfo(file_pattern % nothing).comment)
 
print ''.join(comments)
 
'''
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**                                                            **
**   OO    OO    XX      YYYY    GG    GG  EEEEEE NN      NN  **
**   OO    OO  XXXXXX   YYYYYY   GG   GG   EEEEEE  NN    NN   **
**   OO    OO XXX  XXX YYY   YY  GG GG     EE       NN  NN    **
**   OOOOOOOO XX    XX YY        GGG       EEEEE     NNNN     **
**   OOOOOOOO XX    XX YY        GGG       EEEEE      NN      **
**   OO    OO XXX  XXX YYY   YY  GG GG     EE         NN      **
**   OO    OO  XXXXXX   YYYYYY   GG   GG   EEEEEE     NN      **
**   OO    OO    XX      YYYY    GG    GG  EEEEEE     NN      **
**                                                            **
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'''