science = {} for record in open('sslc1.txt'): # record = record.strip() fields = record.split(';') region_code = fields[0].strip() score_str = fields[6].strip() score = int(score_str) if score_str != 'AA' else 0 if score > 90: science[region_code] += 1 figure(1) pie(science.values(), labels=science.keys()) title('Students scoring 90% and above in science by region') savefig('/tmp/science.png')