[Tutor] output of dictionaries

[Gabriel Farrell]

take a look at pickle and shelve.  info about both can be found at
http://docs.python.org/lib/python.html

On Tue, May 10, 2005 at 08:46:50AM -0700, Tom Cloyd wrote:
> I'm creating a small database using a dictionary of dictionaries, and I  
> want to output it to a file. It seems that only strings can be output to  
> files, and I cannot quite figure out how to quickly and simply convert my  
> dictionary to a list of strings or whatever. Or maybe I'm going about this  
> all wrong.
> 
> So, the most general form of my question: how can I store a dictionary  
> containing some data records stored as dictionaries - a dictionary of  
> dictionaries - in a file, so I can read it back in later and process its  
> contents?
> 
> Thank you very much for your generosity in giving some of your time to  
> this service. I'm very grateful.
> 
> -- t.
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