Convert a dictionary's content to text Use the dict.serialize object to output a serialized form of the contents of dictionary in text format. The text may be Dictionary Syntax, JSON, or Base64-compressed forms of these formats. Cycling '74 Dictionary dictionary whose contents will be serialized TEXT_HERE TEXT_HERE serialized data from dictionary TEXT_HERE Name of a dictionary whose content will be serialized TEXT_HERE Apply compression to the serialized dictionary Apply compression to the serialized dictionary Switch between dictionary syntax and JSON format Switch between dictionary syntax and JSON format Note: The colon (:) is a reserved character and is not supported in keys or values.

Different formats of serialization may be accessed by changing attributes to this object. However, these attributes should be used carefully.

• the mode attribute may choose between JSON and dictionary syntax
• the compress attribute will apply a compression algorithm

The non-default options all result in a single max symbol as output. This symbolization has the potential to bloat max's symbol table and thus degrade the overall performance of the max environment. Therefore it is recommended that you use the default (dictionary) mode with no compression.