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py3interm/ANSWERS/pickle_potus.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+"""
+
+@author: jstrick
+Created on Wed Mar 20 23:34:17 2013
+
+"""
+import csv
+import pickle
+
+presidents = {}
+
+with open('../DATA/presidents.csv') as president_in:
+    rdr = csv.reader(president_in)
+    for row in rdr:
+        term_num = int(row[0])
+        presidents[term_num] = {
+            "firstname": row[1],
+            "lastname": row[2],
+            "birthplace": row[3],
+            "birthstate": row[4],
+            "party": row[5],
+        }
+
+with open('presidents.pic','wb') as president_out:
+    pickle.dump(presidents, president_out)
+
+# note: prior to Python 3.6, presidents will come out in arbitrary order. Use
+# collections.ordereddict to get this behavior in earlier versions:
+#
+# from collections import ordereddict
+# presidents = ordereddict()