"""
Converts a txt file with species of interest and comments (1 per line) into the yaml format expected by the workflow
"""
LEADING_SPACE = '  '

if __name__ == '__main__':
    with open('reference/species_list.txt','rt') as ih, open('reference/species_list.yaml','wt') as oh:
        oh.write('species_list:\n')
        for line in ih:
            if line.startswith('#'):
                oh.write(LEADING_SPACE+line.strip()+'\n')
                continue
            oh.write(LEADING_SPACE+'- '+'_'.join(x.lower() for x in line.strip().split())+'\n')