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

Convert dictionary into JSON (string)

import json 

mydict = { "name" : "Don", 
          "surname" : "Mandol", 
          "age" : 43} 

result = json.dumps(mydict)

print(result[0:20])

will get you:

{"name": "Don", "sur

Convert string into dictionary

back_to_mydict = json.loads(result)