....$ python
Python 2.7.6 (default, Nov 23 2017, 15:49:48) 
[GCC 4.8.4] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> Primes = [2, 3, 5, 7, 11]
>>> import json
>>> json.dumps(Primes)
'[2, 3, 5, 7, 11]'
>>> ClassAndRoom = ('CSCI373.001', 'RRO223')
>>> json.dumps(ClassAndRoom)
'["CSCI373.001", "RRO223"]'
>>> ClassesAndRoom = {'CSCI373.001': 'RRO223', 'CSCI235.001': 'RRO217'}
>>> json.dumps(ClassesAndRoom)
'{"CSCI373.001": "RRO223", "CSCI235.001": "RRO217"}'
>>> json.loads(json.dumps(ClassesAndRoom))
{u'CSCI373.001': u'RRO223', u'CSCI235.001': u'RRO217'}
>>> json.loads(json.dumps(ClassAndRoom))
[u'CSCI373.001', u'RRO223']
>>> json.loads(json.dumps(Primes))
[2, 3, 5, 7, 11]
>>>