[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in news:1184970471.146819.86280 @r34g2000hsd.googlegroups.com:
I am not sure about your scenario, but as you discovered the sort() method is modifying the in place list (and doesn't return a new one). If you just want to iterate over your dict in an ordered manner than all you have to do is: for k in my_dict.keys().sort(): # rest of the code If you just want to keep a list of ordered keys you can probably do something like: key_list = list(my_dict.keys()) key_list.sort() bests, ./alex -- .w( the_mindstorm )p. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
