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Hi,
I request help, to make a simple card index type of display, which can read/write the key in dictionary container into the tableview, and data into textview.
I have made a rough script which does this, but want the dictionary to be read from a file. If possible would like edit and save facility too. Thank you in advance.

# Dictionary Reader For Haiku
# coding: utf-8

import ui

dictsample = { 
'Autumn' : 'Whispering secrets\nOf summers last warm kisses\nAutumn drowns the stream.',
'Cycle' : 'The smell of decay\nIt is the smell of new life\nChange is forever',
'Growth' : 'Delicate petals\nSoftly drink the offerings\nOf nurturing clouds', 
'Surrender' : 'Deserted train tracks\nSuccumb to wildflowers\nButterflies and bees'
}

w, h = ui.get_screen_size()

def set_view_text(f):
    text_view = main['textview1']
    text_view.text = dictsample[f]
    text_view.editable = False
def action(sender):
    set_view_text(table.data_source.items[sender.selected_row])

main = ui.View()
main.frame = (0,0, w, h*0.9)
main.name = 'Haiku'

textview1 = ui.TextView()
textview1.frame = (w*0.25,0,w*0.75,h*0.9)
textview1.flex = 'WH'
textview1.name = 'textview1'
textview1.text = "Haiku For You"
textview1.background_color = 'slateblue'
textview1.text_color = 'white'
textview1.font = ('Avenir-Light', 16)

tableview1 = ui.TableView()
tableview1.frame = (0,0,w*0.25,h*0.9)
tableview1.flex = 'HR'
tableview1.name ='tableview1'

main.add_subview(tableview1)
main.add_subview(textview1)

table = main['tableview1']
table_items = dictsample
list_source = ui.ListDataSource(table_items)
list_source.font = ('Futura-CondensedMedium', 16)
list_source.text_color ='darkblue'

table.data_source = table.delegate = list_source
table.data_source.action = action
main.present('sheet', title_bar_color = 'lavender')

@ramvee For simple dictionaries, (where you have one type of key, not mixed integer/strings) many people like to use the json module (json.load to read and json.dump to write), since the resulting files are human readable and can be read by many languages/platforms.

Other alternatives would include the shelve module, which lets you treat a file basically like a dictionary.

I use
For read:

settings = ast.literal_eval(settings_str) # convert str -> dict

For write:

settings_str = str(settings) # convert dict -> str

@JonB Thank You For Prompt Reply, JSON module, works perfectly for me. Grateful _/_