[Newbie] How to output dictionary sorted on content (not keys)

[Fredrik Lundh]

Max M wrote:

> # the basic sort
> sortedList = [(key, theDict[key]) for key in theDict.keys()]
> sortedList.sort()

if the dictionary is mapping words to counts, I assume you meant:

    sortedList = [(theDict[word], word) for word in theDict.keys()]

which can also be written

    sortedList = [(count, word) for word, count in theDict.items()]

or in more recent versions:

    sortedList = [(theDict[word], word) for word in theDict]

or

    sortedList = [(count, word) for word, count in theDict.iteritems()]

(etc)

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