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Load and save pickles

dipy.io.pickles.load_pickle(fname)

Load object from pickle file fname

Parameters :

fname : str

filename to load dict or other python object

Returns :

dix : object

dictionary or other object

Examples

dipy.io.pickles.save_pickle

dipy.io.pickles.save_pickle(fname, dix)

Save dix to fname as pickle

Parameters :

fname : str

filename to save object e.g. a dictionary

dix : str

dictionary or other object

Examples

>>> import os
>>> from tempfile import mkstemp
>>> fd, fname = mkstemp() # make temporary file (opened, attached to fh)
>>> d={0:{'d':1}}
>>> save_pickle(fname, d)
>>> d2=load_pickle(fname)

We remove the temporary file we created for neatness

>>> os.close(fd) # the file is still open, we need to close the fh
>>> os.remove(fname)