Python | Convert dictionary object into string

Dictionary is an important container and used almost in every code of day-to-day programming as well as web-development. The more it is used, more is the requirement to master it and hence its necessary to learn about them. 
Let’s see the different ways of changing a dictionary into a string.
Methods #1: Using json.dumps() 
json.dumps() is an inbuilt function in json library. It has advantage over pickle because it has cross-platform support.

Python3

# Python code to demonstrate
# to convert dictionary into string
# using json.dumps()

import json

# initialising dictionary
test1 = { "testname" : "akshat",
          "test2name" : "manjeet",
          "test3name" : "nikhil"}

# print original dictionary
print (type(test1))
print ("initial dictionary = ", test1)

# convert dictionary into string
# using json.dumps()
result = json.dumps(test1)

# printing result as string
print ("\n", type(result))
print ("final string = ", result)

Output:

 
initial dictionary = {‘testname’: ‘akshat’, ‘test2name’: ‘manjeet’, ‘test3name’: ‘nikhil’}
 
final string = {“testname”: “akshat”, “test2name”: “manjeet”, “test3name”: “nikhil”} 

Methods #2: Using str() 
The str() function converts the specified value into a string. 

Python3

# Python code to demonstrate
# to convert dictionary into string
# using str()

# initialising dictionary
test1 = { "testname" : "akshat",
          "test2name" : "manjeet",
          "test3name" : "nikhil"}

# print original dictionary
print (type(test1))
print ("initial dictionary = ", test1)

# convert dictionary into string
# using str
result = str(test1)

# print resulting string
print ("\n", type(result))
print ("final string = ", result)

Output:

 
initial dictionary = {‘test2name’: ‘manjeet’, ‘testname’: ‘akshat’, ‘test3name’: ‘nikhil’}
 
final string = {‘test2name’: ‘manjeet’, ‘testname’: ‘akshat’, ‘test3name’: ‘nikhil’} 

Methods #3: Using pprint

Another approach to convert a dictionary object into a string is to use the pprint module. The pprint module provides a way to pretty-print arbitrary Python data structures in a form which can be used as input to the interpreter.

Here is an example of using the pprint module to convert a dictionary object into a string:

Python3

import pprint

# Initialize dictionary
d = { "testname" : "akshat", "test2name" : "manjeet", "test3name" : "nikhil" }

# Print original dictionary
print(f"Original dictionary: {d}")

# Convert dictionary into string using pprint.pformat()
result = pprint.pformat(d)

# Print resulting string
print(f"\nResulting string: {result}")
print("Type is: ",type(result))
#This code is contributed by Edula Vinay Kumar Reddy

Output

Original dictionary: {'testname': 'akshat', 'test2name': 'manjeet', 'test3name': 'nikhil'}

Resulting string: {'test2name': 'manjeet', 'test3name': 'nikhil', 'testname': 'akshat'}
Type is:  <class 'str'>

The pprint module provides more control over the formatting of the resulting string, such as indentation and line width, than the built-in str and json.dumps functions.