Add debug print statements to enhance tracing in word_to_json function

Author: Muneer320

Backend/boop/rawWordToJSON.py

@@ -1,28 +1,39 @@
 import os
 import json
 import random
+import sys
 
 
 def word_to_json(file_path="Words/words.txt", num_normal=10, num_hard=5, bonus_normal=1, bonus_hard=1, output_path=None):
     if not os.path.exists(file_path):
         raise FileNotFoundError(f"Error: File '{file_path}' does not exist.")
 
+    print(f"[debug] word_to_json reading file_path={file_path}", file=sys.stderr)
+
     with open(file_path, 'r') as file:
         data = file.read()
 
+    print(f"[debug] file size={len(data)} chars, first 200: {repr(data[:200])}", file=sys.stderr)
+
     sections = data.split('====================')
     result = {}
 
-    for section in sections:
+    print(f"[debug] found {len(sections)} sections", file=sys.stderr)
+
+    for i, section in enumerate(sections):
         if not section.strip():
+            print(f"[debug] section {i}: empty, skipping", file=sys.stderr)
             continue
         lines = section.strip().splitlines()
         topic = lines[0].strip('>').strip()
         words = [word.strip() for word in lines[1:] if word.strip()]
+        print(f"[debug] section {i}: topic={repr(topic)}, words_count={len(words)}, words={words}", file=sys.stderr)
 
         normal_pool = {w for w in words if 4 <= len(w) <= 11}
         hard_pool = {w for w in words if 6 <= len(w) <= 15}
 
+        print(f"[debug]   normal_pool size={len(normal_pool)}, hard_pool size={len(hard_pool)}", file=sys.stderr)
+
         def _sample(pool, count, result_list):
             sample = random.sample(list(pool), count)
             pool.difference_update(sample)
@@ -57,12 +68,16 @@ def _sample(pool, count, result_list):
             hard_pool, topic_result["Bonus"]["Hard"] = _sample(hard_pool, hard_w_count, topic_result["Bonus"]["Hard"])
 
         result[topic] = topic_result
+        print(f"[debug]   result keys so far: {list(result.keys())}", file=sys.stderr)
+
+    print(f"[debug] FINAL result keys: {list(result.keys())}", file=sys.stderr)
 
     if output_path is None:
         output_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "Words", "words.json")
+    print(f"[debug] writing result to output_path={output_path}", file=sys.stderr)
     with open(output_path, "w") as f:
         json.dump(result, f, indent=4)
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    word_to_json("Words/words.txt", num_normal=10, num_hard=5, bonus_normal=1, bonus_hard=1)
+    word_to_json("Words/words.txt", num_normal=10, num_hard=5, bonus_normal=1, bonus_hard=1)