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python sort a dictionary by values

x = {1: 2, 3: 4, 4: 3, 2: 1, 0: 0}

sort_by_key = dict(sorted(x.items(),key=lambda item:item[0]))
sort_by_value = dict(sorted(x.items(), key=lambda item: item[1]))

print("sort_by_key:", sort_by_key)
print("sort_by_value:", sort_by_value)

# sort_by_key: {0: 0, 1: 2, 2: 1, 3: 4, 4: 3}
# sort_by_value: {0: 0, 2: 1, 1: 2, 4: 3, 3: 4}

sort list of dictionaries python

unsorted_list = [{"key1":5, "key2":2}, {"key1":5, "key2":1}]
sorted_list = sorted(unsorted_list, key=lambda k: k["key2"])