Object Key Sort Disable

[Peabianjay]

The keys in an object are automatically sorted, which (no doubt) is helpful in many situations. I'm sure it speeds up referencing, but sometimes I'd like them to stay in the defined order.
It's not hard to write a work-around, as shown here, but I don't care for the added code & maintenance necessary.

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simple := { Name: "First", Home: "Second", Colour: "Third" }

text := "This is in the wrong order: `r`n`r`n"
for each, field in simple
    text .= each ": " field "`r`n"

msgbox, % text

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index := { 1: "Name", 2: "Home", 3: "Colour" }

text := "This is in the correct order: `r`n`r`n"

for each, simplekey in index
    text .= simplekey ": " simple[simplekey] "`r`n"

msgbox, % text

[IMEime]

How about "Dictionary" ?

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_ := ComObjCreate( "Scripting.Dictionary" )
_.Add( "Name", "First" )
_.Add( "Home", "Second" )
_.Add( "Colour", "Third" )
For k in _
   text .= k ": " _.Item(k) "`n"

[HotKeyIt]

See OrderedArray

[Peabianjay]

Very nice. Thank you.