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Re: Sorting a set works, sorting a dictionary fails ?

Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Date 2013-06-10 01:16 -0700
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Subject Re: Sorting a set works, sorting a dictionary fails ?
From Νικόλαος Κούρας <nikos.gr33k@gmail.com>

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What if i wanted to sort it out if alphabetically and not by the values?

Thsi worked:

for item in sorted(months.items(),key=lambda num : num[1]):

but this failed:

for item in sorted(months.items()):

why?

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Sorting a set works, sorting a dictionary fails ? Νικόλαος Κούρας <nikos.gr33k@gmail.com> - 2013-06-10 01:04 -0700
  Re: Sorting a set works, sorting a dictionary fails ? Νικόλαος Κούρας <nikos.gr33k@gmail.com> - 2013-06-10 01:16 -0700
    Re: Sorting a set works, sorting a dictionary fails ? Νικόλαος Κούρας <nikos.gr33k@gmail.com> - 2013-06-10 01:18 -0700
      Re: Sorting a set works, sorting a dictionary fails ? Νικόλαος Κούρας <nikos.gr33k@gmail.com> - 2013-06-10 01:29 -0700
        Re: Sorting a set works, sorting a dictionary fails ? Fábio Santos <fabiosantosart@gmail.com> - 2013-06-10 10:27 +0100
          Re: Sorting a set works, sorting a dictionary fails ? Νικόλαος Κούρας <nikos.gr33k@gmail.com> - 2013-06-10 02:32 -0700
            Re: Sorting a set works, sorting a dictionary fails ? Νικόλαος Κούρας <nikos.gr33k@gmail.com> - 2013-06-10 02:48 -0700
              Re: Sorting a set works, sorting a dictionary fails ? Fábio Santos <fabiosantosart@gmail.com> - 2013-06-10 11:13 +0100
              Re: Sorting a set works, sorting a dictionary fails ? Ulrich Eckhardt <ulrich.eckhardt@dominolaser.com> - 2013-06-10 15:11 +0200
        Re: Sorting a set works, sorting a dictionary fails ? Ulrich Eckhardt <ulrich.eckhardt@dominolaser.com> - 2013-06-10 11:40 +0200
          Re: Sorting a set works, sorting a dictionary fails ? Νικόλαος Κούρας <nikos.gr33k@gmail.com> - 2013-06-10 03:20 -0700
          Re: Sorting a set works, sorting a dictionary fails ? Νικόλαος Κούρας <nikos.gr33k@gmail.com> - 2013-06-10 03:42 -0700
            Re: Sorting a set works, sorting a dictionary fails ? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-06-10 11:47 +0000
            Re: Sorting a set works, sorting a dictionary fails ? Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2013-06-11 02:14 +0000
        Re: Sorting a set works, sorting a dictionary fails ? Larry Hudson <orgnut@yahoo.com> - 2013-06-11 02:16 -0700
  Re: Sorting a set works, sorting a dictionary fails ? Ulrich Eckhardt <ulrich.eckhardt@dominolaser.com> - 2013-06-10 11:19 +0200

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