[Tutor] Curious dictionary printing

[BRAGA, Bruno]

Put it simple, dictionaries do not sort. You can use the dict.keys() to get
a list of the dictionary keys, then sort them... there are lots of talks on
this, just google a bit, and you will find fancy ways to do key or value
sorting.

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On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 12:31 PM, bob gailer <bgailer at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 5/7/2012 1:16 PM, Cranky Frankie wrote:
>
>> In 3.2.2 in IDLE I have this dictionary entry:
>>
>> Namath = {"first_name": "Joe", "last_name": "Namath", "phone": "
>> 212-222-7777",\
>>           "email": "joe.namath at gmail.com", "stadium": "Shea Stadium"}
>>
>> when I print it:
>>
>> print(Namath)
>>
>> I get:
>>
>> {'phone': '212-222-7777', 'first_name': 'Joe', 'last_name': 'Namath',
>> 'email': 'joe.namath at gmail.com', 'stadium': 'Shea Stadium'}
>>
>> Why is it out of order?
>>
>
> May I recommend a different approach to such questions.
>
> When you get an unexpected (undesired)  result try saying - "Oh I see -
> that's how Python does it!"
>
> I want something different. How can I get it?
>
> Then try reading the documentation.
>
> Asking why does it not do what I want is not IMHO the best way to win
> friends here.
>
> Taking this steps further
>  - what does it mean to be "in order". To some it is the order in which
> items are added rather than some collating sequence.
>  - Do you want order by key or by value?
>  - how would you order {1 : 'cat', "a": 3, (2,3): True}?
>
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> Bob Gailer
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