code_fragment_for_CAMEO_conversion.txt

def init_CAMEO():
    CAMEO_eventcodes = {}   # conversion dictionaries
    
    try: 
        fin = open("CAMEO_codefile.txt",'r') 
    except IOError:
        print("\aError: Could not find the event code file CAMEO_codefile.txt")
        exit()	

    caseno = 1
    line = fin.readline()
    while len(line) > 0:
        if line.startswith('LABEL'):
            part = line[line.find(' ')+1:].partition(' ')
            CAMEO_eventcodes[part[2][:-1]] = part[0][:-1]
    #		print CAMEO_eventcodes[part[2][:-1]]
            caseno += 1
    #	if caseno > 32: break   # debugging exit 		
        line = fin.readline()
    return CAMEO_eventcodes


CAMEO_convert = init_CAMEO()

xlate = {}
for line in open("CAMEO2PLOVER-2021-09-17.txt", "r"):
    if line[0] == '#':
        continue
    if "#" in line:
        f1 = line.partition(":")
        f2 = f1[2].split(",")
        mode = f2[1].strip()
        if not mode:
            mode = "None"
        context = f2[2][:f2[2].find("#")].strip()
        if not context:
            context = "None"
        xlate[f1[0].strip()] = [f2[0].strip(), mode, context]

# Example of usage: this was processing an ICEWS file that had been converted to JSON 
# where EVENT_KEY held the text of the event

if rec[EVENT_KEY] in CAMEO_convert:
    camcode = CAMEO_convert[rec[EVENT_KEY]]
    if camcode in xlate:
        evntcode[xlate[camcode][0]] += 1
        modecode[xlate[camcode][1]] += 1
        cntxcode[xlate[camcode][2]] += 1