Text doc lists [solved]

[Bellum]

Hi, I'm trying to use a .txt file to store data (in lists) for python, but I've got no idea how to go about this. Would that even be a good way to store lists?

[bartonc]

Hi, I'm trying to use a .txt file to store data (in lists) for python, but I've got no idea how to go about this. Would that even be a good way to store lists?

If you've got lists of strings, it's really easy...

filename = r"C:\myFile"   # (r)aw strings work for windows dir names
outputFile = file(fileName, "w")	# open/create a file object in (w)rite mode
outputFile.writelines(stringList)
outputFile.close()

[bvdet]

Following is what I have been doing to save dictionaries. It should work for lists also.

import pickle
def export_data(file_name, dd):
    try:
        f = open(file_name, "w")
        pickle.Pickler(f).dump(dd)
        f.close()
        return dd
    except:
        Warning("Default file export error.")
        return 0

export_data('your_file_name.txt', your_list)

You can use Unpickler to read your list from disk.

[Bellum]

Hey, thanks you guys.