diff --git a/sc_warts2text.py b/sc_warts2text.py
index 5833817..c760643 100755
--- a/sc_warts2text.py
+++ b/sc_warts2text.py
@@ -2,10 +2,46 @@
 #
 # Program:      $Id: $ 
 # Author:       Robert Beverly <rbeverly@nps.edu>
-#               
+# Description:  Replicate output of scamper's sc_warts2text
+ 
 import sys
 from sc_warts import WartsReader
 
+""" Helper function """
+def dict_append(d,k,v):
+  if (k not in d):
+    d[k] = []
+  d[k].append(v)
+
+""" Takes a list of warts hops from a WartsReader. Returns 
+    sequential IP path list, along with a dictionary
+    of RTTs and meta data (indexed by TTL) """
+def proc_hops(hops):
+  i = 0
+  ips = []
+  meta = dict()
+  rtts = dict()
+  for hop in hops:
+    (ttl, rtt, addr) = (hop['probettl'], hop['rtt']/1000.0, hop['addr'])
+    i+=1
+    if i < ttl:
+      diff = ttl - i 
+      for k in range(diff):
+        ips.append("*")
+        i+=1
+    if i > ttl:
+      i-=1
+      dict_append(meta, i, " %2.3f ms" % (rtt)) 
+    else:
+      ips.append(addr)
+      rtts[i] = rtt
+    if hop['icmp-type'] == 3 and hop['icmp-code'] == 1:
+      dict_append(meta, i, "!H")
+    if hop['icmp-type'] == 3 and hop['icmp-code'] == 0:
+      dict_append(meta, i, "!N")
+  return (ips, rtts, meta)
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
   assert len(sys.argv) == 2
 
@@ -13,26 +49,21 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
   while True:
     (flags, hops) = w.next()
     if flags == False: break
-    i = 0
-    out = []
-    for hop in hops:
-      (ttl, rtt, addr) = (hop['probettl'], hop['rtt']/1000.0, hop['addr'])
-      i+=1
-      if i < ttl:
-        diff = ttl - i 
-        for k in range(diff):
-          out.append("*")
-          i+=1
-      if i > ttl:
-        i-=1
-        out[i-1] += "  %2.3f ms" % (rtt)
-      else:
-        out.append("%s  %2.3f ms" % (addr, rtt))
-      if hop['icmp-type'] == 3 and hop['icmp-code'] == 1:
-        out[i-1] += " !H"
-      if hop['icmp-type'] == 3 and hop['icmp-code'] == 0:
-        out[i-1] += " !N"
 
     print "traceroute from %s to %s" % (flags['srcaddr'], flags['dstaddr'])
-    for i, o in enumerate(out):
-      print "%2d  %s" % (i+1, o)
+    try:
+      (ips, rtts, meta) = proc_hops(hops)
+      for i, ip in enumerate(ips):
+        ttl = i+1
+        print "%2d  %s" % (ttl, ip),
+        if ttl in rtts: 
+          print " %2.3f ms" % (rtts[ttl]),
+        if ttl in meta:
+          for v in meta[ttl]:  
+            print "%s" % (v),
+        print
+    except Exception, e:
+      print "Flags:", flags
+      print "Hops:", hops 
+      print "** Error:", e
+      sys.exit(-1)