pickle & unpickle

import pickle

# pickling list
f = open ( "pickle.dat", "w" )
mixList = [ 'one', 1 'two', 2 ]
pickle.dump ( mixList, f )
f.close ()

#unpickling
f = open ( "pickle.dat", "r" )
mixList = pickle.load ( f )
print mixList
f.close ()