How to sort a Python dictionary by value?

Sometimes, we want to sort a Python dictionary by value.

In this article, we’ll look at how to sort a Python dictionary by value.

To sort a Python dictionary by value, we can use the call sorted on the dictionary items.

For instance, we write:

x = {'a': 2, 'b': 4, 'c': 3, 'd': 1, 'e': 0}
sorted_dict = { k: v for k, v in sorted(x.items(), key=lambda item: item[1])}
print(sorted_dict)

to get the items from x with x.items.

Then we call sorted on it with a function that gets the value with item[1] to sort the entries by the value of each entry.

Finally, we use the comprehension syntax to put the items into a new dictionary.

Therefore, sorted_dict is {'e': 0, 'd': 1, 'a': 2, 'c': 3, 'b': 4}.

To sort a Python dictionary by value, we can use the call sorted on the dictionary items.