input = open("starwars_ascii_art.txt").read() input = input.splitlines() solution = ( (list(),list()), (list(),list()) ) for line in range(len(input)): for c in range(len(input[line])): solution[line%2][c%2].append(input[line][c]) solution[0][0].append("\n") solution[0][1].append("\n") solution[1][0].append("\n") solution[1][1].append("\n") print("".join(solution[0][0]), "\n") print("".join(solution[0][1]), "\n") print("".join(solution[1][0]), "\n") print("".join(solution[1][1]), "\n")