[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'd like to do it in one line because what I am trying to do is, > after all, a single, simple enough action.
No, it's two actions: 1. You extract a list of keys from the dict 2. you sort it > I find the suggested b = sorted(a.keys()) much more readable than > breaking it up in two lines. In the long run, I guess it's a > matter of personal taste... Yes. You'll see, at least if you do a third thing with the list it will start to become less well-readable. Regards, Björn -- BOFH excuse #450: Terrorists crashed an airplane into the server room, have to remove /bin/laden. (rm -rf /bin/laden) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list