import pickle

integers = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

with open('pickle-example.p', 'wb') as pfile:

    pickle.dump(integers, pfile)

import pickle

with open('pickle-example.p', 'rb') as pfile:

    integers = pickle.load(pfile)

    print integers

import shelve

integers = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

# If you're using Python 2.7, import contextlib and use

# the line:

# with contextlib.closing(shelve.open('shelf-example', 'c')) as shelf:

with shelve.open('shelf-example', 'c') as shelf:

    shelf['ints'] = integers

import shelve

# If you're using Python 2.7, import contextlib and use

# the line:

# with contextlib.closing(shelve.open('shelf-example', 'r')) as shelf:

with shelve.open('shelf-example', 'r') as shelf:

    for key in shelf.keys():

        print(repr(key), repr(shelf[key])))