Add script used to update datecodes in json files

dateCodes.py

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+import re
+import json
+
+# Matches SUPPORTED.md lines with game information on them, splitting the needed data into groups
+regex = re.compile(r"\| ([^|]*) \| ([^|]*) \| ([^|]*) \| \[.*?\]\((.*?)\) \|")
+
+# Updates every entry in a json file with the dateCode
+def update_json_file(json_path, dateCode):
+    try:
+        with open(json_path, "r", encoding="utf-8") as json_file:
+            data = json.load(json_file)
+        
+        entries = 0
+        if isinstance(data, list):
+            for entry in data:
+                if "gameCode" in entry:
+                    new_entry = {}
+                    for key, value in entry.items():
+                        new_entry[key] = value
+                        if key == "gameCode":
+                            new_entry["dateCode"] = dateCode
+                    entry.clear()
+                    entry.update(new_entry)
+                    entries += 1
+        
+        with open(json_path, "w", encoding="utf-8") as json_file:
+            json.dump(data, json_file, indent=4)
+        
+        print(f"'{json_path}' -> \"dateCode\": \"{dateCode}\"")
+        return entries
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(e)
+
+# Main function iterating through SUPPORTED.md, finding relevant lines, processing json files for each game version
+def iterate(file_path):
+    try:
+        entries = 0
+        count = 0
+        with open(file_path, "r", encoding="utf-8") as file:
+            for line in file:
+                match = regex.search(line)
+                if match:
+                    variant = match.group(1).strip()
+                    dateCode = match.group(3).strip()
+                    if "-" in variant:
+                        dateCode_with_variant = f"{dateCode} ({variant.split("-")[1]})"
+                    else:
+                        dateCode_with_variant = dateCode
+                    json_path = match.group(4).strip()
+                    entries += update_json_file(json_path, dateCode_with_variant)
+                    count += 1
+        return [ entries, count ]
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(f"Error processing file '{file_path}': {e}")
+
+
+entries, count = iterate("SUPPORTED.md")
+print(f"\nUpdated {entries} entries over {count} files.")