Exactly, They are unordered, and if you need it ordered, you should specify an order for it. However, you should not need it ordered a particular way.
On Thursday, August 2, 2012 7:09:31 AM UTC-7, Jonathan Lundell wrote: > > On 2 Aug 2012, at 1:43 AM, Hassan Alnatour <[email protected]> > wrote: > > i want to Generate json like this one : > > { > "Result":"OK", > "Records":[ > {"PersonId":1,"Name":"Benjamin > Button","Age":17,"RecordDate":"\/Date(1320259705710)\/"}, > {"PersonId":2,"Name":"Douglas > Adams","Age":42,"RecordDate":"\/Date(1320259705710)\/"}, > {"PersonId":3,"Name":"Isaac > Asimov","Age":26,"RecordDate":"\/Date(1320259705710)\/"}, > {"PersonId":4,"Name":"Thomas > More","Age":65,"RecordDate":"\/Date(1320259705710)\/"} > ] > } > > so i did this : > > def person(): > > data = db().select(db.Person.ALL) > > mylist = {} > > mylist['Result'] = 'OK' > for i in data: > i.name = {'name':i.name,'age':i.age} > mylist['Records'].append(i.name) > return mylist > > > then i open person.json , but i keep getting the order like this : > > > {"Records": [{"age": "222", "name": "hassan"}, {"age": "23", "name": > "mazen"}], "Result": "OK"} > > > but i want the 'Result' : 'ok' to be at the beginning , what can i do ? > > > Python dictionaries (and I assume JavaScript objects as well) are > unordered. Why do you care? > --
