How to sort a dictionary by key value in python 3?

Question

My test dict is

d = {0:'5',28:'5', 23:'5', 21:'5'}

and I wrote the code

kk = {key:d[key] for key in sorted(d.keys())}

which shows the result

{0: '5', 28: '5', 21: '5', 23: '5'}

but I need

{0: '5', 21: '5', 23: '5', 28: '5'}

How can I get the desired result?

Which exact version of Python are you using? – John Zwinck Feb 23 '20 at 06:57 — John Zwinck, Feb 23 '20 at 06:57
NO . Beacuse I want {0: '5', 21: '5', 23: '5', 28: '5'} – user12423455 Feb 23 '20 at 07:02 — user12423455, Feb 23 '20 at 07:02

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 23 '20 at 07:02

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In python, the dictionary data structure is not sequential. This means there are no differences between {0: 1, 1: 2} and {1: 2, 0: 1}. Of course, you can sort by keys if you get help from other types than dict, like a list of tuples, but there is another good data type that can be ordered.

from collections import OrderedDict

answered Feb 23 '20 at 07:02

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This is only true for old versions of Python. Current versions have ordered dicts by default. – John Zwinck Feb 23 '20 at 07:41

How to sort a dictionary by key value in python 3?

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