On 3/16/2015 5:04 PM, Alan Gauld wrote:
On 16/03/15 20:39, Doug Basberg wrote:
I would like to pass the contents of a dictionary from one program to
another through a file. So, what is the elegant way to pass a
dictionary by
file?
The elegant way may be not to use a file.
A Python dictionary usually converts easily
to JSON format which can be sent directly
between processes over http. If you control
the receiving program.
Alternatively, you could save the JSON into a
file and pass that between processes. If the
receiving program knows about JSON.
Or you could just use the Python pickle module
to save the dictionary. If the receiving program
is in Python.
Or you could write the dictionary out to a CSV
file using the csv module. If the other program
is not under your control and needs to use
standard format files. (eg Excel)
more about Python. In C++, I was very happy using structs and
classes with
serialization. Is the Python solution somewhat similar to C++?
You can do it manually but in Python there is usually
a better way. One of the options above should work
for you, it depends on how much control you have
over the receiving program code.
The "shelve" module is ideally suited to storing dictionary type data to
a file. It's a simplification of "pickle".
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