Writing dictionary output to a file

[David LeBlanc]

> Hey,
> I have a simple problem:
> I have this dictionary output as per the format I
> desired :
> index : value
> 
> However, I want to write this to a file, instead of
> just printing out to the std output.
> I tried to make a new string s= i+ ":" +v
> and fwrite(s) to the file. First it does not work.
> Second I loose the relationship of index with the
> value which I dont want. Can some one point me how to
> write this to a file while still preserving index:
> value relationship as it is present in the current
> dictionary.
> 
> Sorry for the basic questions, I am struggling with a
> project.
> 
> Thx
> Dont
> words = open('dictionary', 'r').read().split()
> dct = {}
> for i in xrange(len(words)):
>      dct[words[i]] = i
>      #print dct
> 
> 
> for i, v in enumerate(dct):
> 	#s= i+":"+v
> 	print i,":",v
> 


How about pickling the dictionary? See the pickle module in the doc.

import pickle

pickle.dump(dct, open('dctfilename.ext', 'w'))

Dave LeBlanc
Seattle, WA USA