BaseDistribution.to_file (function)

def to_file(self, filename, **kwargs)

Save the json representation of the distribution object to a file.

The resulting file can be restored to the original object via distl.from_file.

See also:

• BaseDistribution.to_dict
• BaseDistribution.to_json

Arguments

• filename (string): path to the file to be created (will overwrite if already exists)
• **kwargs: all keyword arguments will be sent to json.dumps

Returns

• string: the filename