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 osimport reimport urllibimport 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) '''*********************************************************************************************************************************                                                            ****   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      ****                                                            ****************************************************************** **************************************************************'''