On 19 November 2010 19:53, Adam Hallett <harddriveca...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Just a thought, what about:
>
> {% for k,v in mydict|order:'key' %}
>
> or
>
> {% for k,v in mydict orderby key %}
Here's a quick hack that works right now:
{% for k, v in mydict.items|dictsort:"0" %}
{{ k }}: {{ v }}
{% endfor %}
> On Nov 19, 10:55 am, Paweł Roman <romapa...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>> When rendering dictionary, there is absolutely no way to display
>> values sorted by keys. The only workaround is to copy all the dict
>> items to a sortable structure e.g. list and pass the list to the
>> template, instead of the dictionary.
Keep in mind that sorting a built-in dictionary in Python will always
require some copying, because it's a hashtable. If you need a sorted
dictionary, you must write a new datastructure like in this recipe[1]
>>
>> Why not introduce a new tag to solve this problem:
>>
>> I say, it should be called {%secretfor%} and the usage would be
>>
>> {%secretfor k,v in mydict %}
>> ... do stuff....
>> {%endsecretfor%}
>>
>> would work like sorted(mydict.keys)
>>
>> I won't stick with the tag name, but you see my point.
The name is *really* awkward - what does sorting have to do with "secret"?
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