[SOLVED] Writing extracted information from python dictionary to a file

Issue

I have the following code:

import os
import sys
import re
import glob
import datetime
import subprocess
from functions import *

event_dict = {1102: 0, 4611: 0,  4624: 0, 4634: 0, 4648: 0, 4661: 0, 4662: 0, 4663: 0, 4672: 0, 4673: 0, 4688: 0, 4698: 0, 4699: 0, 4702: 0, 4703: 0, 4719: 0, 4732: 0, 4738: 0, 4742: 0, 4776: 0, 4798: 0, 4799: 0, 4985: 0, 5136: 0, 5140: 0, 5142: 0, 5156: 0, 5158: 0}

event_IDs = [1102,4611,4624,4634,4648,4661,4662,4663,4672,4673,4688,4698,4699,4702,4703,4719,4732,4738,4742,4776,4798,4799,4985,5136,5140,5142,5156,5158]
iterations = 0


def finding_matched_events():

        with open('/home/user/CI5235_K1715142_Gary/CI5235_Logs/analyse_log_28_Feb_2021_11:22:05.txt', 'r') as logfile:
                for line in logfile:
                        if 'Matched' in line:

                                events = re.findall('\d+', line)

                                event_dict[int(events[0])] = event_dict[int(events[0])] + 1



 finding_matched_events()
   print(event_dict)

def log_output():   #Function to Print out event ID and count information and save to log file

        with open('/home/user/CI5235_K1715142_Gary/CI5235_Logs/visdata_log_' + timeStamp + '.txt', 'a') as f :

The above code returns: {1102: 15, 4611: 2, 4624: 46, 4634: 1, 4648: 6, 4661: 19, 4662: 33, 4663: 114, 4672: 12, 4673: 2, 4688: 35, 4698: 2, 4699: 2, 4702: 4, 4703: 1, 4719: 8, 4732: 2, 4738: 5, 4742: 4, 4776: 7, 4798: 2, 4799: 1, 4985: 2, 5136: 42, 5140: 6, 5142: 1, 5156: 92, 5158: 14} When calling the function and priting event_dict.

**I'm then writing another function log_ouput, in which I'm using that extracted data and trying to see if I can get that data to be displayed in a certain way but I'm not too sure how to achieve it. How would I be able to write that extracted data above in a way that looks like:

Event ID:1102 Event Count:15

Event ID:4611 Event Count:2

Event ID:4624 Event Count:46

Event ID:4634 Event Count:1

Event ID:4648 Event Count:6

etc....

I'm fairly new to coding, using Python3, Linux Mint and VisualStudio

Solution

The code will write out your dictionary:

event_dict = {1102: 15, 4611: 2, 4624: 46, 4634: 1,
              4648: 6, 4661: 19, 4662: 33, 4663: 114,
              4672: 12, 4673: 2, 4688: 35, 4698: 2,
              4699: 2, 4702: 4, 4703: 1, 4719: 8,
              4732: 2, 4738: 5, 4742: 4, 4776: 7,
              4798: 2, 4799: 1, 4985: 2, 5136: 42,
              5140: 6, 5142: 1, 5156: 92, 5158: 14}

fbase = '/home/user/CI5235_K1715142_Gary/CI5235_Logs/visdata_log_'
with open(fbase + timeStamp + '.txt', 'a') as f:
    for k,v in event_dict.items():
        print(f"Event ID:{k} Event Count:{v}", file=f)
# Event ID:1102 Event Count:15
# Event ID:4611 Event Count:2
# ...

Answered By - VirtualScooter

Answer Checked By - Clifford M. (WPSolving Volunteer)