Get list of dictionary elements ordered by dictionary key

Question

I have a dictionary d for which the keys are all strings. Now when I do:

for key in d:
   print(d[key])

I get the elements of d is some "random" order. How can I force the element of d to come out sorted by the lexicographical order?

Answer 1

Sort before iterating.

for key in sorted(d):

Answer 2

Use sorted() to sort any iterable, including a dictionary:

for key in sorted(d):
   print(d[key])