sort dict by value python [duplicate]

Assume that I have a dict.

data = {1:'b', 2:'a'}

And I want to sort data by 'b' and 'a' so I get the result

'a','b'

How do I do that?
Any ideas?

Solution 1:

To get the values use

sorted(data.values())

To get the matching keys, use a key function

sorted(data, key=data.get)

To get a list of tuples ordered by value

sorted(data.items(), key=lambda x:x[1])

Related: see the discussion here: Dictionaries are ordered in Python 3.6+

Solution 2:

If you actually want to sort the dictionary instead of just obtaining a sorted list use collections.OrderedDict

>>> from collections import OrderedDict
>>> from operator import itemgetter
>>> data = {1: 'b', 2: 'a'}
>>> d = OrderedDict(sorted(data.items(), key=itemgetter(1)))
>>> d
OrderedDict([(2, 'a'), (1, 'b')])
>>> d.values()
['a', 'b']