Convert String to Dictionary question

[Jason Orendorff]

> I saved my dictionary {'hello1': [1, 0, 0]} to a file.
> When I do a readline the I get back a string.
> How do I convert this string to a dictionary?

It's better to save data using pickle.
  http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/module-pickle.html

import pickle
mydata = {'hello1': [1, 0, 0]}

# How to store data
f = open('mydata.dat', 'wb')
pickle.dump(mydata, f, 1)
f.close()

# How to load data back
f = open('mydata.dat', 'rb')
mydata = pickle.load(f)
f.close()

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