How to sort a list of dictionaries by values of the dictionary?
## # Python's program to sort a list of dictionaries by values of the dictionary from operator import itemgetter import pandas as pd list_before_sort = [{'name': 'Rocky', 'age': 22}, {'name': 'William', 'age': 24}, {'name': 'Sunny', 'age': 24}, {'name': 'Abrar', 'age': 27}] print("Before Sort") print(list_before_sort) list_after_sort = sorted(list_before_sort, key=itemgetter('name')) print("\nAfter Sort [name]") print(list_after_sort) list_after_sort_age = sorted(list_before_sort, key=itemgetter('age')) print("\nAfter Sort [age]") print(list_after_sort_age) data_sort = pd.DataFrame(list_before_sort) data_sort = data_sort.sort_values('name') print("\nAfter Sort [Using Pandas]") print(data_sort)
Sample output of above program.
C:\programs\examples>pep8 --first example.py
C:\programs\examples>python example.py
Before Sort
[{'age': 22, 'name': 'Rocky'}, {'age': 24, 'name': 'William'}, {'age': 24, 'name': 'Sunny'}, {'age': 27, 'name': 'Abrar'}]
After Sort [name]
[{'age': 27, 'name': 'Abrar'}, {'age': 22, 'name': 'Rocky'}, {'age': 24, 'name': 'Sunny'}, {'age': 24, 'name': 'William'}]
After Sort [age]
[{'age': 22, 'name': 'Rocky'}, {'age': 24, 'name': 'William'}, {'age': 24, 'name': 'Sunny'}, {'age': 27, 'name': 'Abrar'}]
After Sort [Using Pandas]
age name
3 27 Abrar
0 22 Rocky
2 24 Sunny
1 24 William
C:\programs\examples>
C:\programs\examples>python example.py
Before Sort
[{'age': 22, 'name': 'Rocky'}, {'age': 24, 'name': 'William'}, {'age': 24, 'name': 'Sunny'}, {'age': 27, 'name': 'Abrar'}]
After Sort [name]
[{'age': 27, 'name': 'Abrar'}, {'age': 22, 'name': 'Rocky'}, {'age': 24, 'name': 'Sunny'}, {'age': 24, 'name': 'William'}]
After Sort [age]
[{'age': 22, 'name': 'Rocky'}, {'age': 24, 'name': 'William'}, {'age': 24, 'name': 'Sunny'}, {'age': 27, 'name': 'Abrar'}]
After Sort [Using Pandas]
age name
3 27 Abrar
0 22 Rocky
2 24 Sunny
1 24 William
C:\programs\examples>
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2018-04-05T16:50:14+05:30
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