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py3interm/ANSWERS/read_potus_info.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+"""
+
+@author: jstrick
+Created on Wed Mar 20 23:52:46 2013
+
+"""
+import pickle
+from collections import namedtuple
+
+fields = 'term firstname lastname birthstate party'
+President = namedtuple('President', fields)
+
+# note: In Real Life, definition of President would be
+# in module shared between read_potus_info.py
+# and save_potus_info.py
+
+with open('potus.pic','rb') as POTUS:
+    presidents = pickle.load(POTUS)
+
+for p in presidents:
+    print("{} {}".format(p.firstname, p.lastname))