sort dictionary by key code example

Example 1: sort dictionary by key

sortedDictionary = sorted(mydictionary.keys())

Example 2: python sort dict by key

A={1:2, -1:4, 4:-20}
{k:A[k] for k in sorted(A)}

output:
{-1: 4, 1: 2, 4: -20}

Example 3: 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 4: sort a dictionary

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

Example 5: sort dict of dicts by key

channels = {
'24': {'type': 'plain', 'table_name': 'channel.items.AuctionChannel'}, 
'26': {'type': 'plain', 'table_name': 'channel.gm.DeleteAvatarChannel'}, 
'27': {'type': 'plain', 'table_name': 'channel.gm.AvatarMoneyChannel'}, 
'20': {'type': 'plain', 'table_name': 'channel.gm.AvatarMoneyAssertChannel'}, 
'21': {'type': 'plain', 'table_name': 'channel.gm.AvatarKillMobComplexChannel'}, 
'22': {'type': 'plain', 'table_name': 'channel.gm.DistributionMarkChannel'}, 
'23': {'type': 'plain', 'table_name': 'channel.gm.MailChannel'}
}

channels = collection.OrderedDict(sorted(channels.items(), key=lambda item: item[0]))
for key,value in channels.items():
    print(key, ':', value)

Example 6: sort dictionary by key

dictionary_items = a_dictionary.items()
sorted_items = sorted(dictionary_items)

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