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gaircity
gaircity

Reputation: 13

need to read from a txt file into a dictionary

I have a data file that contains what need to become the keys and entries in a dictionary. I will be reading and writing the entries and reading the keys. I have found similar things explained elsewhere on stackoverflow but for the life of my cannot make sense of it. any help is more than welcome!

engine oil/filter : 6000
transmission fluid : 48000
timing belt : 96000
other belts : 96000
brake fluid : 48000
air filter : 48000
spark plugs : 96000
rear differential : 48000

Above is the data file that needs to be read into a dictionary below is the dictionary it needs to end up in. 

service_intervals = {'engine oil/filter' : 6000 , 'transmission fluid' : 48000 , 'timing belt' : 96000 ,
                 'other belts' : 96000 , 'brake fluid' : 48000 , 'air filter' : 48000 ,
                 'spark plugs' : 96000 , 'rear differential' : 48000}

what sort of algorithm or functions could i use to make this happen?

EDIT: from sleuthing tells me that something to do with ast.literal_eval may be the best solution, but I'm having trouble understanding it.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 111

Answers (1)

icktoofay
icktoofay

Reputation: 129011

You don't need ast.literal_eval. Just read line by line, split on :, strip, parse the integers, and put the values into the dictionary:

my_dict = {}
with open('some file.txt', 'r') as f:
    for line in f:
        key, value = line.split(':')
        my_dict[key.strip()] = int(value)

Upvotes: 5

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