Ignore capitalization when ordering dict using pprint?

Question

So I have a dictionary, say:

myDict = {"145":1, "Kittens":2, "apples":1, "trees":2}

and using pprint(myDict, ...), I get:

{'145': 1,
 'Kittens': 2,
 'apples': 1,
 'trees': 2}

Instead, I'd like to ignore the capital K's apparent order priority and get:

{'145': 1,
 'apples': 1,
 'Kittens': 2,
 'trees': 2}

Do I have to use the PrettyPrinter module? Is there a hidden pprint argument? Or is there another solution entirely? My dict keys aren't any more complicated than this. Thanks.

Answer 1

Without imports, simple version:

def printdict(myDict):
    print('{')
    for a,b in sorted(myDict.items(),key = lambda tuple : tuple[0].lower()):
        print("'"+str(a)+"'"+" : "+str(b))
    print('}')

Improved version according to PM 2Ring ( this will work for anything ):

def printdict(myDict):
    print('{')
    for a,b in sorted(myDict.items(),key = lambda t : t[0].lower()):
        print(' {!r}: {!r},'.format(a, b))
    print('}')