Python: How is the dictionary stored in the memory

Asked Oct 09 '16 at 23:41

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I created a dictionary as follows -

accounts = {'ICICI':4567898765456,\
    'Citi':89889787868987,\
    'Chase':5678765434567}

And it gave the following result

accounts
{'Citi': 89889787868987L, 'ICICI': 4567898765456L, 'Chase': 5678765434567L}

Well I have observed that the dictionary usually does not store the dictionary in the same order as you declare it when the key is a String.

Is it something to do with how dictionaries are stored in the memory. If so, can someone please illustrate. Is there a way to enforce the order of dictionary as I declare them.

edited Oct 09 '16 at 23:55

Cavaz

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asked Oct 09 '16 at 23:41

Shashank Vyas

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`collections.OrderedDict` – donkopotamus Oct 09 '16 at 23:42
Documentation for OrderedDict -> https://docs.python.org/3/library/collections.html#collections.OrderedDict – idjaw Oct 09 '16 at 23:45
Thanks.. the hash method of finding the order was really helpful. This can be closed. I don't know how to close this. – Shashank Vyas Oct 10 '16 at 00:03

Python: How is the dictionary stored in the memory

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