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.nam...@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.nam...@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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Chapel Hill NC
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