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| From | John Gordon <gordon@panix.com> |
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| Subject | Re: Ordering in the printout of a dictionary |
| Date | Tue, 18 Mar 2014 02:56:21 +0000 (UTC) |
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In <mailman.8231.1395103693.18130.python-list@python.org> Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> writes:
> > Is there a way to force a certain ordering of the printout or else
> > somehow manage to get at least a certain stable ordering of the
> > printout (i.e. input and output are identical)?
> Yes; instead of simply printing it out (which calls repr()),
> explicitly iterate over it, like this:
> def display(d):
> return '{'+','.join('%r: %r'%(key,d[key]) for key in sorted(d))+'}'
You could also use the OrderedDict type, which is subclass of dict that
preserves insertion order.
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Ordering in the printout of a dictionary Mok-Kong Shen <mok-kong.shen@t-online.de> - 2014-03-18 01:32 +0100
Re: Ordering in the printout of a dictionary Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-03-18 11:48 +1100
Re: Ordering in the printout of a dictionary John Gordon <gordon@panix.com> - 2014-03-18 02:56 +0000
Re: Ordering in the printout of a dictionary Marc Christiansen <usenetmail@solar-empire.de> - 2014-03-18 08:36 +0100
Re: Ordering in the printout of a dictionary Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-03-18 18:55 +1100
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