python字典中的键是什么意思_Python字典中的键顺序

I have a dictionary

{'a': 'first', 'b': 'second'}

However, I need the dictionary in a different order:

{'b': 'second', 'a': 'first'}

What is the best way to do this?

解决方案

Dictionaries are not ordered. So there is no way to do it.

If you have python2.7+, you can use collections.OrderedDict - in this case you could retrieve the item list using .items() and then reverse it and create a new OrderedDict from the reversed list:

>>> od = OrderedDict((('a', 'first'), ('b', 'second')))

>>> od

OrderedDict([('a', 'first'), ('b', 'second')])

>>> items = od.items() # list(od.items()) in Python3

>>> items.reverse()

>>> OrderedDict(items)

OrderedDict([('b', 'second'), ('a', 'first')])

If you are using an older python version you can get a backport from http://code.activestate.com/recipes/576693/