Ordering in the printout of a dictionary

[John Gordon]

In <mailman.8231.1395103693.18130.python-list at python.org> Chris Angelico <rosuav at 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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