order list of dict by a value code example

Example 1: sort list of dictionaries python

unsorted_list = [{"key1":5, "key2":2}, {"key1":5, "key2":1}]
sorted_list = sorted(unsorted_list, key=lambda k: k["key2"])

Example 2: sort dict by value

x = {1: 2, 3: 4, 4: 3, 2: 1, 0: 0}
{k: v for k, v in sorted(x.items(), key=lambda item: item[1])}
{0: 0, 2: 1, 1: 2, 4: 3, 3: 4}

Example 3: sort dict by value

>>> x = {1: 2, 3: 4, 4: 3, 2: 1, 0: 0}
>>> {k: v for k, v in sorted(x.items(), key=lambda item: item[1])}
{0: 0, 2: 1, 1: 2, 4: 3, 3: 4}