def compress_lines()

in data_parsing.py [0:0]

• 17 lines of code
• 1 McCabe index (conditional complexity)

def compress_lines(lines):
	compressed = []
	for line in lines:
		if line.startswith('#'):
			#for second+ line of a quotation
			if re.match(r'#*?\*:', line):
				if len(compressed) > 0:
					l = re.sub(r'#*?\*:', '', line)
					l = l.strip()
					l = compressed[-1]+' || QUOTE='+l
					compressed[-1] = l 
				else:
					continue
			else: 
				compressed.append(line)
		else: #attach to prev line with #
			if len(compressed) > 0: compressed[-1] = compressed[-1]+line
	return compressed