thanks. But I do quite understand how to specific my order(which could be arbitary). It seems to have a move method so I need to first loop through my order list and match then move things around ?
James Stroud wrote: > This is an "ordered dict": > > http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/438823 > > On Friday 21 October 2005 21:18, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I am wondering if there is a dictionary data type that allows me to > > define the order of access when iterating it using items/keys etc. ? > > > > An example: > > > > a=dict(a=dict(), c=dict(), h=dict()) > > prefer=['e','h', 'a'] > > > > for x in a.values: print x > > > > would give me > > {h:dict()}, {a:dict()}, then the rest which I don't care about the > > order ? > > -- > James Stroud > UCLA-DOE Institute for Genomics and Proteomics > Box 951570 > Los Angeles, CA 90095 > > http://www.jamesstroud.com/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
