better_pickles.ipynb

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   "cell_type": "markdown",
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   "source": [
    "# pickle save"
   ]
  },
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   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": null,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "#pickles = {'x':x, 'y':y,'z':z}"
   ]
  },
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   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": null,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "pickles = {} #copy/paste in above format\n",
    "\n",
    "for k,v in pickles.items():\n",
    "    try:\n",
    "        #this saves into /pickles/ subdirectory\n",
    "        pickler = open(\"pickles/\"+k+\".pkl\",\"wb\")\n",
    "        pickle.dump(v, pickler)    \n",
    "        pickler.close()    \n",
    "        print(\"Saved \"+k)\n",
    "    except:\n",
    "        print(\"ERROR: \"+k+\" not saved\")"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "markdown",
   "metadata": {},
   "source": [
    "# pickle load"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": null,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "#pickles = {'x':0, 'y':0,'z':0}  #0 is just a place holder, can't name variables before loading pickle"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": null,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "pickles = {} #copy/paste in above fromat\n",
    "\n",
    "for k,v in pickles.items():\n",
    "    try:\n",
    "        #this loads from subdirectory /pickles/\n",
    "        pickloader = open(\"pickles/\"+k+\".pkl\",\"rb\") \n",
    "        pickles[k] = pickle.load(pickloader)\n",
    "        pickloader.close()\n",
    "        print(\"Loaded \"+k)\n",
    "    except:\n",
    "        print(\"ERROR: \"+k+\" not saved\")"
   ]
  }
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