java and python equivalent of php's foreach($array as $key => $value)

Question

In php, one can handle a list of state names and their abbreviations with an associative array like this:

Answer 1

Along the lines of Alexander's answer...

The native python dictionary doesn't maintain ordering for maximum efficiency of its primary use: an unordered mapping of keys to values.

I can think of two workarounds:

1. look at the source code of OrderedDict and include it in your own program.

2. make a list that holds the keys in order:

   states = ['Alabamba', 'Alaska', ...]  
   statesd = {'Alabamba':'AL', 'Alaska':'AK', ...}
   for k in states:
       print "The abbreviation for %s is %s." % (k, statesd[k])