read file to a dictionary

[rohit]

i want to implement a dictionary in python
the query is :
without explicitly doing the following steps
1. reading from file to list
2. processing list to dictionary
is there a module or a built in function that helps me "read" a file
directly into a dictionary
or any module that implements the above 2 steps

thanks
rohit

[Larry Bates]

rohit wrote:

i want to implement a dictionary in python
the query is :
without explicitly doing the following steps
1. reading from file to list
2. processing list to dictionary
is there a module or a built in function that helps me "read" a file
directly into a dictionary
or any module that implements the above 2 steps

thanks
rohit

csv module will read individual lines into a dictionary with keys
being the field names. You can then do something with that. It
is unclear what the keys, values are for your dictionary when read
from a file. More info will be required to help more.

-Larry

[James Stroud]

rohit wrote:

i want to implement a dictionary in python
the query is :
without explicitly doing the following steps
1. reading from file to list
2. processing list to dictionary
is there a module or a built in function that helps me "read" a file
directly into a dictionary
or any module that implements the above 2 steps

thanks
rohit

No one can actually figure out exactly what you want because you speak
in partial thoughts and vagaries. However, my amazing mind-reading
abilities are picking up the following paranormal conveyances:

ConfigParser
cPickle
shelve

I leave it to you to interpret them as I am just a messenger.

James

[7stud]

On May 23, 6:46 pm, James Stroud <[e-mail]:

lol

[rohit]

ohh i think i forgot to include intricate details
in dictionary i use the following:
value: name of a file existing on disk
Key : a unique number assigned to each file ,with no. assigned in
increasing order to file appearing earlier in the "english dictionary"
thanks
rohit

[Gabriel Genellina]

En Thu, 24 May 2007 05:08:57 -0300, rohit <ro***********@gmail.com>
escribió:

ohh i think i forgot to include intricate details
in dictionary i use the following:
value: name of a file existing on disk
Key : a unique number assigned to each file ,with no. assigned in
increasing order to file appearing earlier in the "english dictionary"

So you don't have to read any file at all - just scan all file names.
dict(enumerate(os.listdir(".")))

--
Gabriel Genellina