In Python, how do I iterate over a dictionary in sorted key order?

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Haven’t tested this very extensively, but works in Python 2.5.2.

>>> d = {"x":2, "h":15, "a":2222}
>>> it = iter(sorted(d.iteritems()))
>>> it.next()
('a', 2222)
>>> it.next()
('h', 15)
>>> it.next()
('x', 2)
>>>

If you are used to doing for key, value in d.iteritems(): ... instead of iterators, this will still work with the solution above

>>> d = {"x":2, "h":15, "a":2222}
>>> for key, value in sorted(d.iteritems()):
>>>     print(key, value)
('a', 2222)
('h', 15)
('x', 2)
>>>

With Python 3.x, use d.items() instead of d.iteritems() to return an iterator.

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