title: Read multiple dictionaries containing integers from json file in Python
body: <p>I've a file with many dictionaries in the following format: </p>
  
  <pre><code>"string":integer
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>For example:</p>
  
  <pre><code>{"1":1, "2":4, "3":24}{"1":1, "2":6, "3":50}
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>This file is saved as a <strong>.json</strong>. Since it is not in proper json format, when I try to read the file:</p>
  
  <pre><code>with(open('filename.json', 'r') as f:
      data = json.load(f)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I get</p>
  
  <pre><code>ValueError: Extra data: line 1 column 101 - line 1 column 748538 (char 100 - 748537)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I saw <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/27659164/how-to-read-multiple-dictionaries-from-a-file-in-python">this answer</a>, but it seems to pertain only to strings. How can I load my file, and subsequently count the number of dictionaries it contains?</p>
  
  <p><strong>EDIT:</strong> </p>
  
  <p>In response to a comment, here is some more of the file:</p>
  
  <pre><code>{"1": 1, "2": 4, "3": 24, "4": 57, "5": 184, "6": 166, "7": 115, "8": 33, "9": 13, "10": 3, "11": 1}{"1": 1, "2": 2, "3": 8, "4": 47, "5": 129, "6": 208, "7": 127, "8": 48, "9": 28, "10": 7, "11": 1}{"1": 1, "2": 2, "3": 11, "4": 56, "5": 146, "6": 204, "7": 139, "8": 33, "9": 9, "10": 2, "11": 3}{"1": 1, "2": 1, "3": 0, "4": 6, "5": 16, "6": 69, "7": 196, "8": 153, "9": 107, "10": 36, "11": 16, "12": 3}{"1": 1, "2": 5, "3": 40, "4": 128, "5": 200, "6": 151, "7": 59, "8": 10, "9": 3}{"1": 1, "2": 5, "3": 25, "4": 77, "5": 178, "6": 147, "7": 64, "8": 52, "9": 27, "10": 10, "11": 4}{"1": 1, "2": 1, "3": 12, "4": 37, "5": 132, "6": 210, "7": 144, "8": 50, "9": 11, "10": 5}{"1": 1, "2": 5, "3": 21, "4": 52, "5": 137, "6": 223, "7": 121, "8": 35, "9": 3, "10": 1, "11": 2}{"1": 1, "2": 3, "3": 11, "4": 35, "5": 71, "6": 168, "7": 154, "8": 85, "9": 46, "10": 20, "11": 8, "12": 6, "13": 1}{"1": 1, "2": 10, "3": 43, "4": 120, "5": 217, "6": 151, "7": 45, "8": 8, "9": 4, "10": 1}{"1": 1, "2": 3, "3": 22, "4": 78, "5": 223, "6": 182, "7": 67, "8": 19, "9": 2}{"1": 1, "2": 0, "3": 3, "4": 3, "5": 10, "6": 35, "7": 124, "8": 210, "9": 150, "10": 46, "11": 10, "12": 2, "13": 1}{"1": 1, "2": 4, "3": 22, "4": 69, "5": 206, "6": 206, "7": 69, "8": 15, "9": 4, "10": 1}
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Yes, it is NOT valid json. But it is saved as a .json file. I want to read in the dictionaries and count them.</p>