On 08/09/11 11:58, Richard D. Moores wrote:
I've succeeded in writing a dictionary ({}) that I can use as a small
personal phone book. The dictionary (very shortened and simplified)
looks like this in the script;
p = {}
p['bp1'] = 'xxx'
p['bp2'] = 'ooo'
p['ch'] = 'zzz'
p['me'] = 'aaa'
p['mg'] = 'vvv'
p['pu1'] = 'bbb'
p['pu2'] = 'ccc'
p['pw'] = 'kkk'
You could have done that in one line if you preferred:
> p = {
'bp1':'xxx',
'bp2':'ooo'
etc/...
'pw':'kkk'
}
But I'd like to put the lines of the dictionary in a text file so that
I can add key/value items to it by writing to it with another script.
Consider using a shelve (See the shelve module)
It is basically a file that you can treat as a dictionary...
Try:
>>> import shelve
>>> help(shelve)
For examples and info.
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Alan G
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