[Tutor] what's wrong in my command?

[bob gailer]

On 3/31/2010 4:33 PM, Shurui Liu (Aaron Liu) wrote:
> # geek_translator3.py
>
> # Pickle
> import pickle
>
> # Open Dictionary
> geekfile = open('geekdictionary3.txt', 'r+')
> new_geeks = pickle.load(geekfile)
> geekterms = new_geeks.keys()
> geekterms.sort()
>
> # start
> choice = None
> while choice != "0":
>
>      print \
>      """
>      Geek Translator
>
>      0 - Quit
>      1 - Look Up a Geek Term
>      2 - Add a Geek Term
>      3 - Redefine a Geek Term
>      4 - Delete a Geek Term
>      5 - List of Terms
>      """
>
>      choice = raw_input("Choice: ")
>      print
>
>      # exit
>      if choice == "0":
>          print "Good-bye."
>
>      # get a definition
>      elif choice == "1":
>          term = raw_input("What term do you want me to translate?: ")
>          if term in new_geeks:
>              definition = new_geeks[term]
>              print "\n", term, "means", definition
>          else:
>              print "\nSorry, I don't know", term
>
>      # add a term-definition pair
>      elif choice == "2":
>          term = raw_input("What term do you want me to add?: ")
>          if term not in new_geeks:
>              definition = raw_input("\nWhat's the definition?: ")
>              new_geeks[term] = definition
>              geekterms.append(term)
>              geekterms.sort()
>              print "\n", term, "has been added."
>          else:
>              print "\nThat term already exists!  Try redefining it."
>      # redefine an existing term
>      elif choice == "3":
>          term = raw_input("What term do you want me to redefine?: ")
>          if term in new_geeks:
>              definition = raw_input("What's the new definition?: ")
>              new_geeks[term] = definition
>              print "\n", term, "has been redefined."
>          else:
>              print "\nThat term doesn't exist!  Try adding it."
>
>      # delete a term-definition pair
>      elif choice == "4":
>          term = raw_input("What term do you want me to delete?: ")
>          if term in new_geeks:
>              del new_geeks[term]
>              geekterms.remove(term)
>              print "\nOkay, I deleted", term
>          else:
>              print "\nI can't do that!", term, "doesn't exist in the dictionary."
>
>      # list of terms
>      elif choice == "5":
>          print geekterms
>
>      # some unknown choice
>      else:
>          print "\nSorry, but", choice, "isn't a valid choice."
> # geek speak link
> print "\tTo learn to speak geek visit"
> print "\n\t\thttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BpsXZpAARk"
>
> # 133t speak links
> print "\n\n\tTo learn to 1337 speak visit"
> print "\n\t\thttp://linuxreviews.org/howtos/l33t/"
> print "\n\t\t\t\tor"
> print "\n\t\thttp://textozor.com/hacker-text/"
>
> # save dictionary
> pickle.dump(ldict, open('geekdictionary.txt', 'r+'))
>
> # close file
> geekfile.close()
>
> raw_input("\n\nPress the enter key to exit.")
>
>
>
>
>
> When I run it, the system gave me the feedback below:
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>    File "geek_translator3.py", line 4, in<module>
>      import pickle
>    File "/usr/local/lib/python2.5/pickle.py", line 13, in<module>
>
> AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'dump'
>    

I suspect that file is not the one packaged with Python. Try renaming it 
and rerun the program.
> I don't understand, I don't write anything about pickle.py, why it mentioned?
> what's wrong with "import pickle"? I read many examples online whose
> has "import pickle", they all run very well.
> Thank you!
>
>    


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