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How to iterate through a map in Golang in order?

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Problem

Please see below my map

var romanNumeralDict map[int]string = map[int]string{
  1000: "M",
  900 : "CM",
  500 : "D",
  400 : "CD",
  100 : "C",
  90  : "XC",
  50  : "L",
  40  : "XL",
  10  : "X",
  9   : "IX",
  5   : "V",
  4   : "IV",
  1   : "I",
}


I am looking to loop through this map in the order of the size of the key

for k, v := range romanNumeralDict {
    fmt.Println("k:", k, "v:", v)
  }


However, this prints out

k: 1000 v: M
k: 40 v: XL
k: 5 v: V
k: 4 v: IV
k: 900 v: CM
k: 500 v: D
k: 400 v: CD
k: 100 v: C
k: 90 v: XC
k: 50 v: L
k: 10 v: X
k: 9 v: IX
k: 1 v: I


Is there a way that I can print them out in the order of the size of the key so, I would like to loop through this map like this

k:1
K:4
K:5
K:9
k:10


etc...

Solution

Collect all keys, sort them and iterate your map by key, like the following:

keys := make([]int, 0)
for k, _ := range romanNumeralDict {
    keys = append(keys, k)
}
sort.Ints(keys)
for _, k := range keys {
    fmt.Println(k, romanNumeralDict[k])
}

Code Snippets

keys := make([]int, 0)
for k, _ := range romanNumeralDict {
    keys = append(keys, k)
}
sort.Ints(keys)
for _, k := range keys {
    fmt.Println(k, romanNumeralDict[k])
}

Context

Stack Overflow Q#18342784, score: 157

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