Object is not printed in the order it is defined in, in python

Question

I'm trying to print this the return of this function in the same order it is defined in:

import numpy

def Decrypt_CRT_RSA(c, d, p, q):
    """
    Decrypts RSA with CRT
    :param c: The cipher text you want to decrypt
    :param d: The secret key
    :param p: A prime number forming half of the secret key
    :param q:A prime number forming the other half of the secret key
    """
    dp = d % (p - 1)
    dq = d % (q - 1)
    cp = c % p
    cq = c % q
    m0 = pow(cp, dp, p)
    m1 = pow(cq, dq, q)
    Msg = CRT([m0, m1], [p, q])[0]
    return {
        'p part of the cipher text: ' + str(cp),
        'q part of the cipher text: ' + str(cq),
        'p part of the private key: ' + str(dp),
        'q part of the private key: ' + str(dq),
        'first half of the message m: ' + str(m0),
        'second half of the message m: ' + str(m1),
        'the full message (aka m0 + m1): ' + str(Msg)
    }

c = 64649
d = 241187
p = 659
q = 673
print(Decrypt_CRT_RSA(c, d, p, q))

but it is printed like this:

{'p part of the cipher text: 67', 'the full message (aka m0 + m1): 12345', 'first half of the message m: 483', 'q part of the private key: 611', 'second half of the message m: 231', 'p part of the private key: 359', 'q part of the cipher text: 41'}

And as you can see the second thing printed is the one starting with the full message which is the one I return last. How do i get python to respect the return as defined by the function? Or even better, return in the same way it is defined (aka each entry on a new line)

``{..., ..., ...}`` defines a set. Sets have arbitrary order. That's basically their point. Did you intend to define a dictionary, as in ``{'p part of the cipher text': cp, 'q part of the cipher text': cq, ...}`` (note the colon *outside* of the string literal)? — MisterMiyagi, Oct 20 '20 at 16:32

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 20 '20 at 16:36

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Actually the return statement is returning a set, here the colons are inside strings, so try like this to return dict:

  return {
        'p part of the cipher text': str(cp),

And so on

answered Oct 20 '20 at 16:36

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