json.loads changes order of the keys given in the string passed

Question

 >>> x='{"Title":"test","Description":"test des","Colo":"test colo1","Expected Date":"1234","Comboboxes":"option1","Checkboxes":["option1","option2"]}'
 >>> x
'{"Title":"test","Description":"test des","Colo":"test colo1","Expected Date":"1234","Comboboxes":"option1","Checkboxes":["option1","option2"]}'
 >>> json.loads(x)
{'Expected Date': '1234', 'Description': 'test des', 'Title': 'test', 'Comboboxes': 'option1', 'Colo': 'test colo1', 'Checkboxes': ['option1', 'option2']}

Please help me to get these keys in the same order that of the given string.

I m actually creating creating a dynamic form in django which stores the data in json format. Next time when the user needs to view the data, i need to parse through the json and display data in the same order. — Amal Ts, Aug 30 '14 at 05:00

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 30 '14 at 04:35

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json.loads() produces a Python dictionary, which gets its ordering from internal hashing tables. You can use sorted() to sort them, but you cannot order a standard dictionary. You can use an OrderedDict, if needed.

answered Aug 30 '14 at 04:35

MattDMo

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I have tried that option also. Even ordereddict gives me the same order as json.loads – Amal Ts Aug 30 '14 at 04:50
You can only output(i.e print/show) the dictionary as ordered but u cannot store a dictionary in order. – Anvesh Aug 30 '14 at 06:31

json.loads changes order of the keys given in the string passed

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