dictionary sort by value changes in python code example

Example 1: how to sort a dictionary by value in python

import operator
x = {1: 2, 3: 4, 4: 3, 2: 1, 0: 0}
sorted_x = sorted(x.items(), key=operator.itemgetter(1))


# Sort by key
import operator
x = {1: 2, 3: 4, 4: 3, 2: 1, 0: 0}
sorted_x = sorted(x.items(), key=operator.itemgetter(0))

Example 2: 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}