> Am I missing something fundamental here? I am not used to > dictionaries > swirling around like this. :-)
Caveat: I didn't read this through thoroughly but... Dictionaries are not in any specific order, you cannot rely on the order remaining constant. If you are relying on the order you may well get bitten, you need to extract the data in the order you need it HTH, -- Alan Gauld Author of the Learn to Program web site http://www.freenetpages.co.uk/hp/alan.gauld _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
