On Feb 6, 5:33 pm, Ben Finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Amit Gupta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Need a python trick, if it exists: > > > I have a file that stores key, value in following format > > -- > > "v1" : "k1", > > "v2" : "k2" > > -- > > > Is there a way to directly load this file as dictionary in python. > > That input looks almost like valid JSON <URL:http://json.org/>. > > If you can easily massage it into JSON format, you can use the Python > JSON library <URL:http://cheeseshop.python.org/pypi/python-json>: > > import json > > input_text = open('foo.txt').read() > input_json = "{%(input_text)s}" % vars() > > reader = json.JsonReader() > data = reader.read(input_json) > > If the 'input_json' above actually is valid JSON, that will give the > corresponding Python data object. > > This avoids the massive security hole of performing 'eval' on > arbitrary user input; the input isn't executed, merely parsed (as > JSON) to create a data object. > > -- > \ "I busted a mirror and got seven years bad luck, but my lawyer | > `\ thinks he can get me five." --Steven Wright | > _o__) | > Ben Finney
Great Inputs from both the posters. Thanks -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list