# HG changeset patch
# User jmsong
# Date 1395156744 14400
# Node ID fc1b758149c7c9108a3f94646a85a50c6aa05a24

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diff -r 000000000000 -r fc1b758149c7 transpose.py
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/transpose.py	Tue Mar 18 11:32:24 2014 -0400
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+#By: Clayton Turner
+
+#imports
+import sys
+import csv
+
+# error
+def stop_err( msg ):
+    sys.stderr.write( "%s\n" % msg )
+    sys.exit()
+
+# main
+def main():
+    try:
+        # retrieve file locations/names
+        inputFile   = sys.argv[1]
+        output  = sys.argv[2]
+
+        # open input file        
+        itemList = list()
+        with open(inputFile) as infile:
+            for line in infile:
+                items = line.strip('\n').split('\t')
+                itemList.append(items)
+            rows = zip(*itemList)
+
+        infile.close()
+
+        # open output file
+        outfile = open(output,'w')
+        writer = csv.writer(outfile, delimiter='\t')
+
+        # append data to output file
+        for row in rows:
+            writer.writerow(row)
+
+        # close output file
+        outfile.close()        
+
+    except Exception, ex:
+        stop_err('Error running transpose.py\n' + str(ex))
+
+    # exit
+    sys.exit(0)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()