Re: Sorting dict keys

montyphyton@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

I'd like to do it in one line because what I am trying to do is,
after all, a single, simple enough action.

No, it's two actions:

1. You extract a list of keys from the dict
2. you sort it

I find the suggested b = sorted(a.keys()) much more readable than
breaking it up in two lines. In the long run, I guess it's a
matter of personal taste...

Yes. You'll see, at least if you do a third thing with the list it
will start to become less well-readable.

Regards,


Björn

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