def format_results(resultsin, resultsout):
    newList = []
    final = []
    counter = 0
    f = open(resultsin)
    for x in f.readlines():
        if counter == 0:
            newString = x.rstrip()
            counter = 1
        else:
            newString = newString + "\t" + x.rstrip()
            counter = 0
            newList.append(newString)
    
    for i in newList:
        i = i.replace(".",":")
        id = i.rsplit("\t")
        id.pop(0)
        id.pop(0) #comment out for single place
        id.pop(2)
        final.append(id)
    f.close()

    with open(resultsout, "w") as f:
        for line in final:
            f.write(line[1] + "\t" + line[0] + "\t" + line[3] + "\t" + line[2] + "0" + "\n")
    f.close()

format_results("text_files/test.txt", "text_files/kitcarson.txt")