Amit Gupta wrote: > 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. I > could do (foreach line in file, split by ":" and then do dictionary > insert). Wondering, if some python built-in function can just read a > valid dictionary-file and load it? >
If you change the format slightly you could use ConfgiObj < http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/configobj.html >. key = value "key2" = "value2" Fuzzyman http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/weblog/index.shtml > Thanks -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list