How can I store and retrieve the number 2**10000 in a binary file in python without converting it to a string? Can it be stored as 10,000 bits?
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How can I store and retrieve the number 2**10000 in a binary file in python without converting it to a string? Can it be stored as 10,000 bits?
The built-in pickle module can do it if you pass in protocol version 2 (“new binary protocol”):
That returns a string of 1259 bytes. Of course, you’d want to write it to a file normally, so use
pickle.dump(2**10000, file, 2)