store python dictionary in file code example

Example 1: python write a dictionary to file

dictionary = {'someKey' : 'someValue'}
file_path = 'somePathToFile/someFileName.py'
with open(file_path, 'w') as output_file:
    print(dictionary, file=output_file)

Example 2: python save a dictionary as an object

import pickle 
dictionary_data = {"a": 1, "b": 2}

# SAVE
with open("data.pkl", "wb") as pkl_handle:
	pickle.dump(dictionary_data, pkl_handle)

# LOAD
with open("data.pkl", "rb") as pkl_handle:
	output = pickle.load(pkl_handle)
    
print(output)

Example 3: how to create text file with python and store a dictionary

import json

Dict = {'Dict': Dict}

with open('file.txt', 'w') as file:
     file.write(json.dumps(Dict))

Example 4: how to save dict in txt format

dict = {'Python' : '.py', 'C++' : '.cpp', 'Java' : '.java'}
f = open("dict.txt","w")
f.write( str(dict) )
f.close()

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