lost and found ( for me ? ): python : sort dictionary by values

Reference

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1915564/python-convert-a-dictionary-to-a-sorted-list-by-value-instead-of-key

Small tips.

Here is how to sort dictionary by values

sample script

# cat sort_dict_by_value.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

from operator import itemgetter

dict = {"a":860, "b":12, "c":1200, "d":100, "e":1}

for i in sorted(dict.items(), key=itemgetter(1), reverse=True):

print i

output

# ./sort_dict_by_value.py

('c', 1200)

('a', 860)

('d', 100)

('b', 12)

('e', 1)

itemgetter()

>>> from operator import itemgetter

>>> itemgetter(1)('abcdefg')

'b'

>>> itemgetter(1,5)('abcdefg')

('b', 'f')

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