sort dictionaries 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: sort list of dictionaries by key python

newlist = sorted(list_to_be_sorted, key=lambda k: k['name'])

Example 3: sort dictionary by values

from collections import OrderedDict
dd = OrderedDict(sorted(d.items(), key=lambda x: x[1]))
print(dd)