PyCAM

import nc_read as nc
import sys
import math

# a base class for hpgl parsers, and maybe others

class NumReader(nc.Parser):

    def __init__(self, writer):
        nc.Parser.__init__(self, writer)

    def get_number(self):
        number = ''

        # skip spaces and commas at start of number
        while(self.line_index < self.line_length):
            c = self.line[self.line_index]
            if c == ' ' or c == ',':
                self.parse_word += c
            else:
                break
            self.line_index = self.line_index + 1

        while(self.line_index < self.line_length):
            c = self.line[self.line_index]
            if c == '.' or c == '0' or c == '1' or c == '2' or c == '3' or c == '4' or c == '5' or c == '6' or c == '7' or c == '8' or c == '9' or c == '-':
                number += c
            else:
                break
            self.parse_word += c
            self.line_index = self.line_index + 1

        return number

    def add_word(self, color):
        self.writer.add_text(self.parse_word, color, None)
        self.parse_word = ""

    def Parse(self, name):
        self.file_in = open(name, 'r')

        while self.readline():
            self.writer.begin_ncblock()

            self.parse_word = ""
            self.line_index = 0
            self.line_length = len(self.line)
                    
            while self.line_index < self.line_length:
                c = self.line[self.line_index]
                self.parse_word += c

                self.ParseFromFirstLetter(c)

                self.line_index = self.line_index + 1
 
            self.writer.add_text(self.parse_word, None, None)

            self.writer.end_ncblock()

        self.file_in.close()