Given a dictionary such as:

dict = {'Python' : '.py', 'C++' : '.cpp', 'Java' : '.java'}

We can save it to one of these formats:

• Comma seperated value file (.csv)
• Json file (.json)
• Text file (.txt)
• Pickle file (.pkl)

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save dictionary as csv file

we can write it to a file with the csv module.

import csv
dict = {'Python' : '.py', 'C++' : '.cpp', 'Java' : '.java'}
w = csv.writer(open("output.csv", "w"))
for key, val in dict.items():
    w.writerow([key, val])

The dictionary file (csv) can be opened in Google Docs or Excel

save dictionary to json file

If you want to save a dictionary to a json file

import json
dict = {'Python' : '.py', 'C++' : '.cpp', 'Java' : '.java'}
json = json.dumps(dict)
f = open("dict.json","w")
f.write(json)
f.close()

save dictionary to text file (raw, .txt)

You can save your dictionary to a text file using the code below:

dict = {'Python' : '.py', 'C++' : '.cpp', 'Java' : '.java'}
f = open("dict.txt","w")
f.write( str(dict) )
f.close()

save dictionary to a pickle file (.pkl)

The pickle module may be used to save dictionaries (or other objects) to a file. The module can serialize and deserialize Python objects.

import pickle
dict = {'Python' : '.py', 'C++' : '.cpp', 'Java' : '.java'}
f = open("file.pkl","wb")
pickle.dump(dict,f)
f.close()