How can I use pickle to save a dict?

Question

I have looked through the information that the Python docs give, but I\'m still a little confused. Could somebody post sample code that would write a new file then use pickl

Answer 1

# Save a dictionary into a pickle file.
import pickle

favorite_color = {"lion": "yellow", "kitty": "red"}  # create a dictionary
pickle.dump(favorite_color, open("save.p", "wb"))  # save it into a file named save.p

# -------------------------------------------------------------
# Load the dictionary back from the pickle file.
import pickle

favorite_color = pickle.load(open("save.p", "rb"))
# favorite_color is now {"lion": "yellow", "kitty": "red"}