Table Keys

function pairsByKeys (t, f)
      local a = {}
      for n in pairs(t) do table.insert(a, n) end
      table.sort(a, f)
      local i = 0      -- iterator variable
      local iter = function ()   -- iterator function
        i = i + 1
        if a[i] == nil then return nil
        else return a[i], t[a[i]]
        end
      end
      return iter
    end

t = load("dictionary")

for name, line in pairsByKeys(t) do
  print(name, line)
end