> how do i get the result back into the dictionary ?
Well, if you must, if you've just got the results in my
previous post, you can take them and shove them back into a
dict with
results = [('key1','value1'),('key2','value2)]
newDict = dict(results)
If you're not doing anything with that the resulting list of
ordered key/value pairs (such as inserting, printing,
whatever), then skip the whole matter:
newDict = dic
:)
HOWEVER...as I noted, a dictionary is an INHERENTLY UNSORTED
COLLECTION. There are some wrapper-classes around that will
feign sortedness if you want them, but they may not handle
your custom sortedness constraint.
There are few reasons for a sorted dict. Most of them
regard displaying them. If this is the case, just do the
sorting/selection of the items before you print:
print "\n".join([dic[k] for k in order])
Other reasons might involve dependancies, where some process
requires that you access the keys in a particular order.
Just order them before you call the process.
-tkc
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