How to sort a dictionary by value or key?

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# Python's program to sort a dictionary by value or key?


import operator
x = {'z': 10, 'l': 50, 'c': 74, 'm': 12, 'f': 44, 'g': 19}

print(x)

sorted_value = sorted(x.items(), key=operator.itemgetter(1))
print("\nSort By Value")
print(sorted_value)

sorted_key = sorted(x.items(), key=operator.itemgetter(0))
print("\nSort By Key")
print(sorted_key)

Sample output of above program.

C:\programs\examples>pep8 --first example3.py

C:\programs\examples>python example3.py
{'z': 10, 'l': 50, 'g': 19, 'f': 44, 'm': 12, 'c': 74}

Sort By Value
[('z', 10), ('m', 12), ('g', 19), ('f', 44), ('l', 50), ('c', 74)]

Sort By Key
[('c', 74), ('f', 44), ('g', 19), ('l', 50), ('m', 12), ('z', 10)]

C:\programs\examples>

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How to sort a dictionary by value or key?

Sample output of above program.