order dictionary 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: ordered dictionary python

from collections import OrderedDict

# Remembers the order the keys are added!
x = OrderedDict(a=1, b=2, c=3)

Example 3: sort the dictionary in python

d = {2: 3, 1: 89, 4: 5, 3: 0}
od = sorted(d.items())
print(od)

Example 4: 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

Example 5: softing a dict in pythno

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 6: sort a dictionary

from operator import itemgetter
new_dict = sorted(data.items(), key=itemgetter(1))