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<DIV>Hello,</DIV>
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<DIV>If it's specifically about a dictionary, try also the following:</DIV>
<DIV>import shelve</DIV>
<DIV>help(shelve)</DIV>
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<DIV>A shelve is a persistent dictionary.<BR> </DIV>Cheers!!<BR>Albert-Jan
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<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> शंतनू <shantanoo@gmail.com><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> C.T. Matsumoto <c.t.matsumoto@gmail.com><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Cc:</SPAN></B> python-tutor <tutor@python.org><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Tue, December 14, 2010 9:54:00 AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [Tutor] Generating a python file<BR></FONT><BR>
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<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 14:18, C.T. Matsumoto <SPAN dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:c.t.matsumoto@gmail.com" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:c.t.matsumoto@gmail.com">c.t.matsumoto@gmail.com</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class=gmail_quote>Hello,<BR><BR>Is it possible to create files containing python code in the same sort of way that you can generate text files.<BR><BR>A simple example perhaps could be a persistent dictionary. Keys and values are written to the dictionary in a file, that can be imported later.<BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV><BR>http://docs.python.org/library/pickle.html is your friend.<BR><BR>HTH.<BR></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></div><br>
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