import re normfile = '/home/lucky/experiments/dataset/NormAsmFile/newffmpegasm.txt' #dataset = [{Function:"",Code:[{PLcode:"",ASMcode:""}]}] dataset =[] data = {'Function':"aa",'Code':[{'PLcode':"a",'ASMcode':"d"}]} dataset.append(data) def gendataset(line,lines): print('=========================') #{'Function':"",'Code':[{'PLcode':"",'ASMcode':""}]} data = {'Function':"",'Code':[]} data['Function'] = re.findall('<.*>',line)[0] line_num = lines.index(line) while True: line_num += 1 Code = {'PLcode':"",'ASMcode':""} while True: if (line_num == len(lines)-1) or ('>:' in lines[line_num+1]): break if '\t' in lines[line_num]: Code['ASMcode'] += lines[line_num] if (line_num == len(lines)-1) or ('\t' not in lines[line_num+1]): break else: line_num += 1 else: Code['PLcode'] += lines[line_num] line_num += 1 data['Code'].append(Code) if (line_num == len(lines)-1) or ('>:' in lines[line_num+1]): break print(data) with open(normfile,'+r') as file: lines = file.readlines() for line in lines: if '>:' in line: gendataset(line,lines) #functionname = re.findall('<.*>',temp)