Erik <pyt...@lucidity.plus.com> wrote: > On 09/03/17 13:09, Chris Green wrote: > > Michael Torrie <torr...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On 03/08/2017 12:27 PM, Chris Green wrote: > >>> I have a fairly simple application that populates a GUI window with > >>> fields from a database table. The fields are defined/configured by a > >>> dictionary as follows:- > >> > >> Instead of ordering the data in Python, why not rely on the GUI to do > >> the sort? Most GUI's even have table widgets that let you click on the > >> headings to sort arbitrarily. > >> > > How would it sort it? The order I want is arbitrary, or at least not > > alphabetical or anything, I just want the order to be the way I > > listed it. > > To be fair to Michael, you did not state your required order in the > message that he replied to. You just kept saying "the order I want". > > If you're going to make people guess, don't chastise them for guessing > wrong :D > OK. :-)
However how else can one describe an order which isn't 'sorted'? ... other than as the order one wants? -- Chris Green ยท -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
