Currently, I'm writing a little project which needs to store a dictionary in an external file (so it can be accessed by another program). However, no matter how much I try, I cannot get Python to import the dictionary from the file properly. However, I know the problem. Whatever format I put the data in within the file (either as a dictionary or a list of tuples to 'dict()') Python reads it as a string, rather than a dictionary or list of tuples.
My question is essentially this: How do I convert a string into a dictionary or list of tuples, assuming it's syntax is correct (ie. it is actually how a dictionary or list of tuples would look if I were defining it). Thanks in advance, Dan _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
