Hi All, There really shouldn't be so much debate on the question asked. Someone actually gave a direct and clear answer. I'm new at python and his explanations were quite understandable. As far as dictionaries are concerned, when you retrieve keys, there is no guarantee of a particular order. If you call the d.keys() consecutively, you might get two different orders. However, to get it in an alphabetical order, there is a sort() method to use. I am not too sure of the syntax but it should be something like this: sort(d.keys()). Please if I'm wrong point it out immediately to avoid transmitting wrong codes. I hope it helps. Regards,
On 8/19/10, Shashwat Anand <anand.shash...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 10:58 PM, Anand Shankar > <anand_shan...@yahoo.com>wrote: > >> During a tutorial python session with my colleagues I was presented with a >> basic >> question >> >> >>> d = {'apple':2,'banana':5, 'coke': 6} >> >>> print d.keys() >> ['coke', 'apple', 'banana'] >> >> >> Question is why does it not return >> >> ['apple','banana','coke'] >> >> Similarly: >> >> >>> d = {'a':2,'b':4,'c':5,'d':4,'e':3} >> >>> print d.keys() >> ['a', 'c', 'b', 'e', 'd'] >> >> why not >> >> ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e'] >> >> I have no clues. Any inputs?? >> > > You will most likely want to read about how Hash-tables work. > > >> anand >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> BangPypers mailing list >> BangPypers@python.org >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers >> > > > > -- > ~l0nwlf > _______________________________________________ > BangPypers mailing list > BangPypers@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers > -- Sent from my mobile device Elegbede Muhammed Oladipupo OCA +2348077682428 +2347042171716 www.dudupay.com Mobile Banking Solutions | Transaction Processing | Enterprise Application Development _______________________________________________ BangPypers mailing list BangPypers@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers