Dictionary sorting

[John Gordon]

In <16245908.783.1320346014867.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums at yqhd1> Scott Ware <scottdware at 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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