import ast

ftweets = []

tweets_file = []

def read_ftweets():

with open('C:/Users/Rossco/desktop/twitter.txt', 'r' , encoding= 'ISO-8859-1') as f:

for line in f:

ftweets.append((line))

def convert_ftweets_to_dict(count):

for i in range(0, count):

tweets_file.append(ast.literal_eval(ftweets[i]))

#

#

read_ftweets()

convert_ftweets_to_dict(len(ftweets))

#converted_tweets = convert_ftweets_to_dict(len(ftweets))

#print(tweets_file)