> hi i have a normal dictionary with key and value pairs. now i wanna
> sort by the keys BUT in a specific order i determine in a list !? any
> ideas
>
> dic = {'key1':'value1', 'key2':'value2', 'key3':'value3'}
>
> list = [key2, key3, key1]
1) it's bad practice to shadow the list() command...funky stuff
can happen.
2) I presume your list is a list of strings, not of references:
order = ['key2', 'key3', 'key1']
3) As a dictionary is an unordered collection, I presume you want
a resulting list of key/value pairs.
If both #2 and #3 hold, you can use
results = [(k,dic[k]) for k in order]
which will return a list of tuples in the desired key order.
-tkc
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