how to sort a dictionary by items code example

Example 1: sort dict by value python 3

>>> d = {"aa": 3, "bb": 4, "cc": 2, "dd": 1}
>>> for k in sorted(d, key=d.get, reverse=True):
...     k, d[k]
...
('bb', 4)
('aa', 3)
('cc', 2)
('dd', 1)

Example 2: sort a dictionary by value then key

d = {'apple': 2, 'banana': 3, 'almond':2 , 'beetroot': 3, 'peach': 4}
[v[0] for v in sorted(d.items(), key=lambda kv: (-kv[1], kv[0]))]