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[[["Easy to understand","easyToUnderstand","thumb-up"],["Solved my problem","solvedMyProblem","thumb-up"],["Other","otherUp","thumb-up"]],[["Missing the information I need","missingTheInformationINeed","thumb-down"],["Too complicated / too many steps","tooComplicatedTooManySteps","thumb-down"],["Out of date","outOfDate","thumb-down"],["Samples / code issue","samplesCodeIssue","thumb-down"],["Other","otherDown","thumb-down"]],["Last updated 2023-10-06 UTC."],[[["\u003cp\u003e\u003ccode\u003eserialize()\u003c/code\u003e returns a serialized (string) representation of a given ComputedObject (like a dictionary).\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThis method accepts an optional boolean argument \u003ccode\u003elegacy\u003c/code\u003e to enable legacy formatting.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe primary use case is to obtain a string representation of a dictionary-like object for further processing or display.\u003c/p\u003e\n"]]],["The `serialize()` method, applicable to a `ComputedObject` instance, returns a string representation of the object. For a `Dictionary`, `serialize()` converts the dictionary into a string. It accepts an optional boolean argument `legacy` to enable legacy format. The examples demonstrate serializing a dictionary object using both JavaScript and Python, printing the string representation of the dictionary.\n"],null,["# ee.Dictionary.serialize\n\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\nReturns the serialized representation of this object.\n\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\n| Usage | Returns |\n|------------------------------------|---------|\n| Dictionary.serialize`(`*legacy*`)` | String |\n\n| Argument | Type | Details |\n|------------------------|-------------------|------------------------------|\n| this: `computedobject` | ComputedObject | The ComputedObject instance. |\n| `legacy` | Boolean, optional | Enables legacy format. |\n\nExamples\n--------\n\n### Code Editor (JavaScript)\n\n```javascript\n// A dictionary (e.g. results of ee.Image.reduceRegion of an S2 image).\nvar dict = ee.Dictionary({\n B1: 182,\n B2: 219,\n B3: 443\n});\n\nprint('Serialized representation of ee.Dictionary', dict.serialize());\n```\nPython setup\n\nSee the [Python Environment](/earth-engine/guides/python_install) page for information on the Python API and using\n`geemap` for interactive development. \n\n```python\nimport ee\nimport geemap.core as geemap\n```\n\n### Colab (Python)\n\n```python\n# A dictionary (e.g. results of ee.Image.reduceRegion of an S2 image).\ndic = ee.Dictionary({\n 'B1': 182,\n 'B2': 219,\n 'B3': 443\n})\n\nprint('Serialized representation of ee.Dictionary:', dic.serialize(), sep='\\n')\n```"]]