In <efdc6f6b-c061-4d3d-9d02-c397f8953...@googlegroups.com> cerr <ron.egg...@gmail.com> writes:
> Can I somehow use pickle.dump() to store a dictionary of lists to a file? > I tried this: > >>> import pickle > >>> mylist = [] > >>> mydict = {} > >>> mylist = '1','2' > >>> mydict['3'] = mylist > >>> fhg = open ("test", 'w') > >>> pickle.dump(fhg,mydict) > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> > File "/usr/lib/python2.7/pickle.py", line 1370, in dump > Pickler(file, protocol).dump(obj) > File "/usr/lib/python2.7/pickle.py", line 203, in __init__ > self.write = file.write > AttributeError: 'dict' object has no attribute 'write' > >>> print mydict > {'3': ('1', '2')} > or should I just write my own dump function that can hanle thiS? I think you have the arguments to pickle.dump() in the wrong order. The data to be dumped should come first, then the file object. -- John Gordon A is for Amy, who fell down the stairs gor...@panix.com B is for Basil, assaulted by bears -- Edward Gorey, "The Gashlycrumb Tinies" -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list