Python's equivalent for R's dput() function

Question

Is there any function in python similar to dput() function in R?

Answer 1

There are several options for serializing Python objects to files:

• json.dump() stores the data in JSON format. It is very read- and editable, but can only store lists, dicts, strings, numbers, booleans, so no compound objects. You need to import json before to make the json module available.
• pickle.dump() can store most objects.

Less common:

• The shelve module stores multiple Python objects in a DBM database, mostly acting like a persistent dict.
• marshal.dump(): Not sure when you'd ever need that.