def get_lexemes(records): '''Given a list of lexical records, returns a list of lexemes. Assumes the first field contains the lexeme form. Does not retrieve homograph numbers, nor subentries, variants, etc. ''' lex = [] for r in records: #get data portion of first field f = S.break_field(r[0]) lexeme = f[1].rstrip().lstrip() lex.append(lexeme) return lex