dictionary sort keys by value code example

Example 1: python sort dict by value

A={1:2, -1:4, 4:-20}
{k:A[k] for k in sorted(A, key=A.get)}

output:
{4: -20, 1: 2, -1: 4}

Example 2: sort dictionary

#for dictionary d
sorted(d.items(), key=lambda x: x[1]) #for inceasing order
sorted(d.items(), key=lambda x: x[1], reverse=True) # for decreasing order
#it will return list of key value pair tuples