Finished steps 6 and 7 - added import_json_file.py and import_yaml_fi…

…le.py

a1.json

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+[0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, "dog", "cat", {"attribs": [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6], "ip_addr": "192.168.255.21"}]

a1.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+- 0
+- 1
+- 2
+- 3
+- 4
+- 5
+- 6
+- 7
+- dog
+- cat
+- attribs:
+  - 0
+  - 1
+  - 2
+  - 3
+  - 4
+  - 5
+  - 6
+  ip_addr: 192.168.255.21

create_list.py

@@ -10,20 +10,27 @@
 list.append('cat')
 list.append({})
 list[-1]=dict
+
+#Print list in raw python form
 print list
 
+#Print list in raw yaml form
 print 'yaml.dump(list)'
 print yaml.dump(list)
 
+#Print list in yaml form with default flow style off--more human readable
 print 'yaml.dump(list, default_flow_style=False)'
 print yaml.dump(list, default_flow_style=False)
 
+#Print list in yaml form with default flow style on
 print 'yaml.dump(list, default_flow_style=True)'
 print yaml.dump(list, default_flow_style=True)
 
+#Print list in json form
 print 'json.dumps(list)'
 print json.dumps(list)
 
+#Write list to yaml file in long form
 #yaml filename
 yaml_filename = filename_base + '.yml'
 print 'Writing yaml file ' + filename_base + '.yml'
@@ -34,4 +41,4 @@
 json_filename = filename_base + '.json'
 print 'Writing json file ' + json_filename
 with open(json_filename, "w") as f:
-    json.dumps(list,f)
+    json.dump(list,f)

import_json_file.py

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import json 
+
+#Get base filename input from user for file to be read
+filename_base = raw_input("What is the base json filename to be read? :")
+
+#Open file and read into variable "list"
+print 'Opening JSON file for reading'
+with open(filename_base + ".json") as f:
+    list = json.load(f)
+
+#Pretty-print
+print 'json.dumps(list)'
+print json.dumps(list)

import_yaml_file.py

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import yaml
+
+#Get base filename input from user for file to be read
+filename_base = raw_input("What is the base yaml filename to be read? :")
+
+#Open file and read into variable "list"
+with open(filename_base + ".yml") as f:
+    list = yaml.load(f)
+
+#Pretty-print
+print 'yaml.dump(list,default_flow_style=False)'
+print yaml.dump(list,default_flow_style=False)