Convert tabbed text to html unordered list?

Question

I\'m a beginner programmer so this question might sound trivial: I have some text files containg tab-delimited text like:

A
    B
    C
        D
        E
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Answer 1

I think the algorithm goes like this:

• keep track of the current indentation level (by counting the number of tabs per line)

• if the indentation level increase: emit

  • current item

  • if the indentation level decreases: emit

  • current item

• if the indentation level remains the same: emit

• current item

Putting this into code is left to the OP as exercise