pickle dump a dictionary code example

Example 1: pickle a dictionary

import pickle #credits to stack overflow user= blender

a = {'hello': 'world'}

with open('filename.pkl', 'wb') as handle:
    pickle.dump(a, handle, protocol=pickle.HIGHEST_PROTOCOL)

with open('filename.pkl', 'rb') as handle:
    b = pickle.load(handle)

print (a == b)

Example 2: pickle save

import pickle

pickle.dump( favorite_color, open( "save.p", "wb" ) )
favorite_color = pickle.load( open( "save.p", "rb" ) )

Example 3: save a file as a pickle

with open('mypickle.pickle', 'wb') as f:
    pickle.dump(some_obj, f)

# note that this will overwrite any existing file
# in the current working directory called 'mypickle.pickle'