Convert a python dict to a string and back

Question

I am writing a program that stores data in a dictionary object, but this data needs to be saved at some point during the program execution and loaded back into the dictionar

Answer 1

If your dictionary isn't too big maybe str + eval can do the work:

dict1 = {'one':1, 'two':2, 'three': {'three.1': 3.1, 'three.2': 3.2 }}
str1 = str(dict1)

dict2 = eval(str1)

print dict1==dict2

You can use ast.literal_eval instead of eval for additional security if the source is untrusted.