def fileToDict(filename):
"""
>>> fileToDict('testDict.txt') == {'student_name': 'Robert', 'teacher_name':'Smith'}
True
"""
string = fileToString(filename)
result = {}
for line in string.strip().split("\n"):
item = line.split(":")
result[item[0]] = randomly_pick(item[1].strip().split())
return result
def stringToDict(string):
"""
>>> stringToDict(fileToString('testDict.txt')) == {'student_name': 'Robert', 'teacher_name':'Smith'}
True
>>> stringToDict('name:mason\\nage:18\\n')
{'age': '18', 'name': 'mason'}
"""
#- >>> stringToDict('name:firstname surname\\nbirthplace:city name\\n')
#- {'birthplace': ['city', 'name'], 'name': ['firstname', 'surname']}
#- """
result = {}
for line in string.strip().split("\n"):
item = line.split(":")
result[item[0]] = randomly_pick(item[1].strip().split())
return result
