[Tutor] Keeping Dictonary Entries Ordered

[Eric Dorsey]

>>> config_names = {'start_time': '18:00:00', 'gray_scale': True, 'long':
120.0}

>>> config_names
{'start_time': '18:00:00', 'gray_scale': True, 'long': 120.0}
>>> for i, x in config_names.items():
...     print i, x
...
start_time 18:00:00
gray_scale True
long 120.0
>>>

On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 7:48 PM, Wayne Watson
<sierra_mtnview at sbcglobal.net>wrote:

>  I have a dictionary that looks like:
>
> config_names = {"start_time : '18:00:00', 'gray_scale' : True, "long":
> 120.00}
>
> If I iterate over it, the entries will appear in any order, as opposed to
> what I see above. However, in the config file, I'd like to keep them in the
> order above. That I want to write the config file in order. Perhaps, I need
> a list like c_names = ["start_time", "gray_scale", "long"] to get the keys
> out in the order I need? Maybe there's another way?
> --
>
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