[Idle-dev] Problem with Dictionaries

[Rodrigo Dias Arruda Senra]

Glauco Silva wrote:

>
> I´m with problem in Dictionaries !

Glauco,
since this question is not directly related to idle but to the language 
Python,
it should be addressed to comp.lang.python. In case you are a Portuguese
speaker person (guessing from your name), you could also seek help in
hte python-br mailing list.

In order to not let your question withou answer...

> I would like to know if the dictionary can sort with a function that i 
> give to then!

Dictionaries do not impose any particular order to their key/value pairs.
One possible  idiom to achieve what you want is the following:

# do not use dict as the name of your variable
# because 'dict' is the name and identifier of the class dict
 >>> d  = {}
 >>> d[50]="fifty"
 >>> d[129]="one hundred twenty nine"
 >>> d
{129: 'one hundred twenty nine', 50: 'fifty'}

# extract the keys
 >>> sorted_keys = d.keys()
# sort inplace, this returns None
 >>> sorted_keys.sort()
# traverse the dictionary using the sorted keys list
 >>> for i in sorted_keys:
             print d[i]
   
fifty
one hundred twenty nine
 >>>

If you are using Python  2.4, you could also use:
 >>> for i in sorted(d.keys()):
            print d[i]

best regards,
Rod Senra




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