Reversing a dict?

[Jeremy Sanders]

krumblebunk at gmail.com wrote:

> Hi - further to my earlier query regarding partial matches (which with
> all your replies enabled me to advance my understanding, thanks), I
> now need to reverse a dict.

There is no guaranteed order to the items stored in a dictionary. They can
and will move around as the dict is modified. Have a look at
diveintopython:

http://www.diveintopython.org/getting_to_know_python/dictionaries.html

You'll have to store your keys in a list or tuple to keep them ordered.

Jeremy

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