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micmast
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hey,

it is possible to make sure that a given dictionary stays the same way?
for example
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  1. options = { 'Something':'value','abc':'value' }
  2.  
this should stay the same and not switch like this:
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  1. >>> options = { 'Something':'value','abc':'value' }
  2. >>> print options
  3. {'abc': 'value', 'Something': 'value'}
  4. >>> 
  5.  
  6.  
Mar 31 '08 #1
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jlm699
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If you use pythonutils you can implement an OrderedDict(), which I've used many times in my scripts. It works exactly like a dictionary, except you initialize it like
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  1. od = OrderedDict()
Mar 31 '08 #2

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