Hi Ryan,
You're trying to use your file, dictionary.dat like a dictionary data
structure in Python.
They don't work the same way.
So.
pickle_file = open("dictionary.dat", "r")
dictionary = cPickle.load(pickle_file)
pickle_file.close()
elif choice == "2":
pickle_file = open("dictionary.dat", "a")
sentence = raw_input("Enter the word youd like to add: ")
if sentence not in dictionary:
definition = raw_input("Whats the translated version: ")
dictionary[sentence] = definition
print "\n\t'",sentence,"'", "Has been added to the dictionary."
else:
print "\n\tThat term already exists!"
Once you're done, you just "repickle" the dictionary.
pickle_file = open("dictionary.dat", "w") #Opened in write mode
cPickle.dump(dictionary, pickle_file)
pickle_file.close()
Regards,
Liam Clarke
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