sort dictionary with list as value 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 dictionary by value

d = {'one':1,'three':3,'five':5,'two':2,'four':4}

# Sort
a = sorted(d.items(), key=lambda x: x[1])

# Reverse sort
r = sorted(d.items(), key=lambda x: x[1], reverse=True)