Sort Dictionary by keys

by 
let dictionary = [
    "A" : [1, 2],
    "Z" : [3, 4],
    "D" : [5, 6]
]

let sortedKeys = Array(dictionary.keys).sorted(<) // ["A", "D", "Z"]

EDIT:

The sorted array from the above code contains keys only, while values have to be retrieved from the original dictionary. However, 'Dictionary' is also a 'CollectionType' of (key, value) pairs and we can use the global 'sorted' function to get a sorted array containg both keys and values, like this:

let sortedKeysAndValues = sorted(dictionary) { $0.0 < $1.0 }
println(sortedKeysAndValues) // [(A, [1, 2]), (D, [5, 6]), (Z, [3, 4])]

EDIT2: The monthly changing Swift syntax currently prefers

let sortedKeys = Array(dictionary.keys).sort(<) // ["A", "D", "Z"]

The global sorted is deprecated.

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