File Content: test_item_sort_key.py from unittest import TestCase import simplejson as json from operator import itemgetter class TestItemSortKey(TestCase): def test_simple_first(self): a = {'a': 1, 'c': 5, 'jack': 'jill', 'pick': 'axe', 'array': [1, 5, 6, 9], 'tuple': (83, 12, 3), 'crate': 'dog', 'zeak': 'oh'} self.assertEqual( '{"a": 1, "c": 5, "crate": "dog", "jack": "jill", "pick": "axe", "zeak": "oh", "array": [1, 5, 6, 9], "tuple": [83, 12, 3]}', json.dumps(a, item_sort_key=json.simple_first)) def test_case(self): a = {'a': 1, 'c': 5, 'Jack': 'jill', 'pick': 'axe', 'Array': [1, 5, 6, 9], 'tuple': (83, 12, 3), 'crate': 'dog', 'zeak': 'oh'} self.assertEqual( '{"Array": [1, 5, 6, 9], "Jack": "jill", "a": 1, "c": 5, "crate": "dog", "pick": "axe", "tuple": [83, 12, 3], "zeak": "oh"}', json.dumps(a, item_sort_key=itemgetter(0))) self.assertEqual( '{"a": 1, "Array": [1, 5, 6, 9], "c": 5, "crate": "dog", "Jack": "jill", "pick": "axe", "tuple": [83, 12, 3], "zeak": "oh"}', json.dumps(a, item_sort_key=lambda kv: kv[0].lower())) Submit