tickers = []
def parseRus():
try:
readFile = open('russell3000.txt','r').read()
splitFile = readFile.split('\n')
for eachLine in splitFile:
splitLine = eachLine.split(' ')
ticker = splitLine[-1]
tickers.append(ticker)
print tickers
except Exception,e:
print 'failed in the main loop',str(e)
parseRus()