Storing user data in a Python script

Question

What is the preferred/ usual way of storing data that is entered by the user when running a Python script, if I need the data again the next time the script runs?

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Answer 1

you could use a slite database or a CSV file. They are both very easy to work with but lend themselves to rows with the same type of information.

The best option might be shelve module

import shelve

shelf = shelve.open(filename)
shelf['key1'] = value1
shelf['key2'] = value2

shelf.close()
 # next run
shelf.open(filename)

value1 = shelf['key1']
#etc