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Re: Dictionary sorting

From John Gordon <gordon@panix.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Subject Re: Dictionary sorting
Date 2011-11-03 18:57 +0000
Organization PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC
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In <16245908.783.1320346014867.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@yqhd1> Scott Ware <scottdware@gmail.com> writes:

> Python newbie here. So, when creating dictionaries, I am noticing that
> each time I print it out, that its not in the same order as when I typed
> it in. They seem to be getting sorted somehow. Is there a way to not sort
> them and leave the order as is?

Dictionaries don't maintain the order of the items.

If you want to keep track of the order in which the items were inserted,
you'll need to do that yourself using a separate mechanism (a list, for
example.)

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Dictionary sorting Scott Ware <scottdware@gmail.com> - 2011-11-03 11:46 -0700
  Re: Dictionary sorting John Gordon <gordon@panix.com> - 2011-11-03 18:57 +0000
    Re: Dictionary sorting Scott Ware <scottdware@gmail.com> - 2011-11-03 12:00 -0700
      Re: Dictionary sorting Chris Kaynor <ckaynor@zindagigames.com> - 2011-11-03 12:13 -0700
  Re: Dictionary sorting insomnia@gmail.com - 2011-11-03 13:01 -0700
  Re: Dictionary sorting Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2011-11-03 17:36 -0400
  Re: Dictionary sorting Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2011-11-03 18:01 -0500
    Re: Dictionary sorting Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2011-11-04 11:06 +1100
      Re: Dictionary sorting Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@xemacs.org> - 2011-11-04 11:20 +0100
        Re: Dictionary sorting Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2011-11-04 23:19 +1100
  Re: Dictionary sorting Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-11-04 10:59 +1100

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