from collections import defaultdict
import glob
import csv


#Create dictionary of lists--   [A] = [Afilename1, Afilename2, Afilename3...]
#                               [B] = [Bfilename1, Bfilename2, Bfilename3...] 
def get_site_files():
    sites = defaultdict(list)
    #to start, I have a bunch of files in this format ---
    #"site name(unique)"."site num(unique)"."WRFc36"."Variable(5 for each site name)"."2000-2050"
    for fname in glob.glob("*.txt"):
        #split name at every instance of "."
        parts = fname.split(".")
        #check to make sure i only use the proper files-- having 6 parts to name and having WRFc36 as 3rd part
        if len(parts)==6 and parts[2]=='WRFc36':
            #Make sure site name is the full unique identifier, the first and second "parts"
            sites[parts[0]+"."+parts[1]].append(fname)
    return sites

#hardcode the variables for method 2, below
Var=["TAVE","RAIN","SMOIS_INST","ET","SFROFF"]

def main():
    for site_name, files in get_site_files().iteritems():
        print "Working on *****"+site_name+"*****"
####Method 1- I'd like to not hardcode in my variables (as in method 2), so I can use this script in other applications.
####  This method is not working right now.        
        for filename in files:
            reader = csv.reader(open(filename, "rb"))
            WriteFile = csv.writer(open("XX_"+site_name+"_combined.txt","wb"))
            for row in reader:
                row = reader.next()
####Method 2 works (mostly), but skips a LOT of random lines of first file, and doesn't utilize the functionality built into my dictionary of lists...            
##        reader0 = csv.reader(open(site_name+".WRFc36."+Var[0]+".2000-2050.txt", "rb"))    #I'd like to copy ALL columns from the first file
##        reader1 = csv.reader(open(site_name+".WRFc36."+Var[1]+".2000-2050.txt", "rb"))    #    and just the fourth column from all the rest of the files
##        reader2 = csv.reader(open(site_name+".WRFc36."+Var[2]+".2000-2050.txt", "rb"))    #    (the columns 1-3 are the same for all files)
##        reader3 = csv.reader(open(site_name+".WRFc36."+Var[3]+".2000-2050.txt", "rb"))
##        reader4 = csv.reader(open(site_name+".WRFc36."+Var[4]+".2000-2050.txt", "rb"))
##        WriteFile = csv.writer(open("XX_"+site_name+"_COMBINED.txt", "wb"))               #creates new command to write a text file
##
##        for row in reader0:
##            row  = reader0.next()
##            row1 = reader1.next()
##            row2 = reader2.next()
##            row3 = reader3.next()
##            row4 = reader4.next()
##            WriteFile.writerow(row + row1 + row2 + row3 + row4)
##        print "***finished with site***"
        
if __name__=="__main__":
    main()