mmeval.fileio.dict_from_file¶

mmeval.fileio.dict_from_file(filename, key_type=<class 'str'>, encoding='utf-8', backend_args=None)[source]¶

Load a text file and parse the content as a dict.

Each line of the text file will be two or more columns split by whitespaces or tabs. The first column will be parsed as dict keys, and the following columns will be parsed as dict values.

dict_from_file supports loading a text file which can be storaged in different backends and parsing the content as a dict.

Parameters

filename (str) – Filename.
key_type (type) – Type of the dict keys. str is user by default and type conversion will be performed if specified.
encoding (str) – Encoding used to open the file. Defaults to utf-8.
backend_args (dict, optional) – Arguments to instantiate the preifx of uri corresponding backend. Defaults to None.

Examples

>>> dict_from_file('/path/of/your/file')  # disk
{'key1': 'value1', 'key2': 'value2'}
>>> dict_from_file('s3://path/of/your/file')  # ceph or petrel
{'key1': 'value1', 'key2': 'value2'}

Returns: The parsed contents.
Return type: dict