On Nov 6, 8:33 pm, "Chris Rebert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 12:18 PM, SimonPalmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Nov 6, 8:11 pm, "Chris Rebert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 12:04 PM, SimonPalmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > Hi, I am looking for a way to convert a List of floating point numbers > >> > to and from text. I am embedding it in an XML document and am looking > >> > for a neat way to serialise and de-serialise a list from a text node. > >> > I can easily write something to do it manually but I wondered whether > >> > List had native support to go to and from text. > > >> > If not List, are there any other collections/arrays that do this? > > >> It's not really a matter of the collection, but more a matter of > >> serialization format/library. > > >> If you want the serialized representation to be human-readable, use > >> JSON (http://docs.python.org/library/json.html#module-json). > >> If that's not a requirement, use pickle > >> (http://docs.python.org/library/pickle.html#module-pickle). > >> Both modules can convert simple Python data, such as your list of > >> floats, to a bytestream and back again. > > >> Cheers, > >> Chris > >> -- > >> Follow the path of the Iguana...http://rebertia.com > > >> > TIA > >> > Simon > >> > -- > >> >http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > > > I looked at pickle, but the problem is that I want my XML to be > > readable by languages other than python, so it sort of precludes it. > > JSON would be perfect, but I think the module only exists in 2.6, is > > that right? Unfortunately I am bound to 2.4. > > > It is looking more and more like I am going to have to roll my own. > > The module is available as a third-party library for previous Python > versions athttp://www.undefined.org/python/ > > Cheers, > Chris > -- > Follow the path of the Iguana...http://rebertia.com
simplejson did the trick. the trouble with a couple of suggestions is that they are only really any good for 1 dimensional lists, although I confess I didn't make that requirement clear in my original question sorry for capitalising list, my mistake, hope you weren't too confused. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
