dictionary: keys() and values()

[Andrew Koenig]

John> keys = m.keys()
John> values = m.values()

John> Do we know if the values come out in the same order, that is does
John> m[keys[i]] necessarily equal values[i] ?

>From the library reference, 2.2.7, footnote 3:

If keys() and values() are called with no intervening modifications to the
dictionary, the two lists will directly correspond.  This allows the creation
of (value, key) pairs using zip():  "pairs = zip(a.values(), a.keys())".

-- 
Andrew Koenig, ark at research.att.com, http://www.research.att.com/info/ark