Hi tutor list,
In dictionaries, I know that the keys are immutable, and the values
can change What about the place/order of the key/order? I thought
that they were sequential and they do not change.
>>> D={"AAA":1234,"BBB":3456,"CCC":7890}
>>> print D
{'AAA': 1234, 'BBB': 3456, 'CCC': 7890}
>>> D={}
>>> D={"AAA":1234,"BBB":3456,"CCC":7890,"DDD":5555,"EEE":6666,"FFF":
7777}
>>> print D
{'AAA': 1234, 'BBB': 3456, 'EEE': 6666, 'FFF': 7777, 'CCC': 7890,
'DDD': 5555}
If I know the key, then I can find the value, so the order it is in
the dictionary
should not matter. I am just curious why this happens. If I have (4)
key/value
pairs, the display order is the same as I entered the them. With 5 or
more key/value
dictionaries, the printed result is not sequential.
Any thoughts?
Steve
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