[Python-Dev] dict.sortedkeys()

Jeff Epler jepler at unpythonic.net
Sat Apr 17 16:08:17 EDT 2004


Factor sorted into a function that returns a sorted copy:
    def sorted(seq):
        seq = list(seq)
        seq.sort()
        return seq

or one that sorts in place:
    def sorted(seq):
        seq.sort()
        return seq

Now you can write your one-liner:
for i in sorted({}.keys()):
    ...

Jeff



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