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
# 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"}
I've found pickling confusing (possibly because I'm thick). I found that this works, though:
myDictionaryString=str(myDictionary)
Which you can then write to a text file. I gave up trying to use pickle as I was getting errors telling me to write integers to a .dat file. I apologise for not using pickle.
If you just want to store the dict in a single file, use pickle
like that
import pickle
a = {'hello': 'world'}
with open('filename.pickle', 'wb') as handle:
pickle.dump(a, handle)
with open('filename.pickle', 'rb') as handle:
b = pickle.load(handle)
If you want to save and restore multiple dictionaries in multiple files for
caching and store more complex data,
use anycache.
It does all the other stuff you need around pickle
from anycache import anycache
@anycache(cachedir='path/to/files')
def myfunc(hello):
return {'hello', hello}
Anycache stores the different myfunc
results depending on the arguments to
different files in cachedir
and reloads them.
See the documentation for any further details.
import pickle
dictobj = {'Jack' : 123, 'John' : 456}
filename = "/foldername/filestore"
fileobj = open(filename, 'wb')
pickle.dump(dictobj, fileobj)
fileobj.close()
In general, pickling a dict
will fail unless you have only simple objects in it, like strings and integers.
Python 2.7.9 (default, Dec 11 2014, 01:21:43)
[GCC 4.2.1 Compatible Apple Clang 4.1 ((tags/Apple/clang-421.11.66))] on darwin
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>>> from numpy import *
>>> type(globals())
<type 'dict'>
>>> import pickle
>>> pik = pickle.dumps(globals())
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
File "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/pickle.py", line 1374, in dumps
Pickler(file, protocol).dump(obj)
File "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/pickle.py", line 224, in dump
self.save(obj)
File "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/pickle.py", line 286, in save
f(self, obj) # Call unbound method with explicit self
File "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/pickle.py", line 649, in save_dict
self._batch_setitems(obj.iteritems())
File "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/pickle.py", line 663, in _batch_setitems
save(v)
File "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/pickle.py", line 306, in save
rv = reduce(self.proto)
File "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/copy_reg.py", line 70, in _reduce_ex
raise TypeError, "can't pickle %s objects" % base.__name__
TypeError: can't pickle module objects
>>>
Even a really simple dict
will often fail. It just depends on the contents.
>>> d = {'x': lambda x:x}
>>> pik = pickle.dumps(d)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
File "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/pickle.py", line 1374, in dumps
Pickler(file, protocol).dump(obj)
File "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/pickle.py", line 224, in dump
self.save(obj)
File "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/pickle.py", line 286, in save
f(self, obj) # Call unbound method with explicit self
File "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/pickle.py", line 649, in save_dict
self._batch_setitems(obj.iteritems())
File "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/pickle.py", line 663, in _batch_setitems
save(v)
File "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/pickle.py", line 286, in save
f(self, obj) # Call unbound method with explicit self
File "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/pickle.py", line 748, in save_global
(obj, module, name))
pickle.PicklingError: Can't pickle <function <lambda> at 0x102178668>: it's not found as __main__.<lambda>
However, if you use a better serializer like dill
or cloudpickle
, then most dictionaries can be pickled:
>>> import dill
>>> pik = dill.dumps(d)
Or if you want to save your dict
to a file...
>>> with open('save.pik', 'w') as f:
... dill.dump(globals(), f)
...
The latter example is identical to any of the other good answers posted here (which aside from neglecting the picklability of the contents of the dict
are good).
Simple way to dump a Python data (e.g. dictionary) to a pickle file.
import pickle
your_dictionary = {}
pickle.dump(your_dictionary, open('pickle_file_name.p', 'wb'))