Dictionary to tuple

[bruno modulix]

Odd-R. wrote:
> I have a dictionary, and I want to convert it to a tuple,
> that is, I want each key - value pair in the dictionary
> to be a tuple in a tuple.
> 
> If this is the dictionary {1:'one',2:'two',3:'three'},
> then I want this to be the resulting tuple:
> ((1,'one'),(2,'two'),(3,'three')).
> 
> I have been trying for quite some time now, but I do not
> get the result as I want it. Can this be done, or is it not
> possible?

It's of course possible, and even a no-brainer:

dic = {1:'one',2:'two',3:'three'}
tup = tuple(dic.items())

The bad news is that dict are *not* ordered, so you'll have to sort the
result yourself if needed :(

The good news is that sorting a sequence is a no-brainer too !-)

> I must also add that I'm new to Python.
Welcome on board.

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bruno desthuilliers
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p in 'onurb at xiludom.gro'.split('@')])"