def parseFile(): # Open a file in read mode ('r') with open('data.txt', 'r') as file: # Read the entire content of the file into a string file_content = file.read() # Print or use the file content as needed return(file_content) fileContent = parseFile() fileContent = fileContent.split(";") print(fileContent) output = [] for bullet in fileContent: text = bullet.split("text:")[0].split("score:")[0] print(text)