def writeToFile(isOpen, fileName, output):
    if not isOpen:
        file = open(fileName + ".txt","a", buffering=MEG)
        isOpen = True
    file.write(output)

def lineSearch_multi(id,inputFile, keyWord1,keyWord2,keyWord3, raw_str*):
    startTime = datetime.now() #time it
    global file1, file2, file3, file4, file5, file6, save_path #used to only open file when I have a match

    raw_str=list(raw_str) #convert tuple to list
    raw_str= ["^"+x for x in raw_str] #add regex ^ newline operator
    search_rgx=[re.sub(r'\*+',r'[\\s\\S]*?',raw_str) for raw_str in raw_str]
    search_rgx='|'.join(search_rgx) #convert to string and add | or operator

    if search_rgx: #makesure the regex input is not blank else will search everything

        with open(inputFile, buffering=MEG, encoding="utf-8") as in_f:
            line=in_f.readline().lower() #read the first line

            while(line !=""): #while line is not the end
                    line=line.lower() #covert to lowercase always

                    out = re.match(search_rgx,line, re.IGNORECASE)
                    if out: #if the line matches the initial regex

                        if keyWord2: #if keyword2 is actually available

                            if (keyWord2 in line): #if keyword2 is in the current line
                                if ((keyWord1 in line and keyWord2 in line):
                                    #found a result, now see if the file is open then write
                                    writeToFile(file1,os.path.join(save_path, id+"_"+  keyWord2+"_and_"+keyWord1+"_result"), line)

                                elif (keyWord1 in line or keyWord2 in line):
                                    #found a result, now see if the file is open
                                    writeToFile(file6,os.path.join(save_path, id+"_"+  keyWord2+"_or_"+keyWord1+"_result"), line)

                                elif keyWord3:
                                    if (keyWord3 in line and keyWord2 in line):
                                        #found a result, now see if the file is open
                                        writeToFile(file2,os.path.join(save_path,id+"_"+  keyWord2+keyWord3+"_both_result"), line)

                                else:
                                    writeToFile(file3,os.path.join(save_path,id+"_"+  keyWord2+"_only_result"), line)

                        if keyWord3: #if keyword3 is actually available
                            if (keyWord3 in line):
                                if (keyWord1 in line and keyWord3 in line):
                                    #found a result, now see if the file is open
                                    writeToFile(file4,os.path.join(save_path,id+"_"+  keyWord3+keyWord1+"_result"), line)

                                else:
                                    writeToFile(file5,os.path.join(save_path,id+"_"+  keyWord3+"_only_result"), line)

                    line=in_f.readline() #go to nextline
    file1= file2= file3= file4= file5= False #set all files back to false