#!/usr/bin/python
# Ivan Novick
# Feb-2, 2008
# dictionary_sort.py

# show how to loop through the items in a dictionary

# map of people and their ages
people = {}
people["igor"] = 32
people["sarah"] = 62
people["fred"] = 87
people["samantha"] = 29

# iterate through the keys in the people dictionary
for p in people.keys():
    print "%s is %d years old" % (p, people[p])

print "\nnow print the list in sorted order\n"

# use the "sorted" builtin function
for p in sorted(people.keys()):
    print "%s is %d years old" % (p, people[p])