[Tutor] how to sort a dictionary by values

[Luke Paireepinart]

wormwood_3 wrote:
>>> You can use d.__getitem__ as the key function for a sort of the keys. 
>>> __getitem__() is the special method that is called for indexing a 
>>> dictionary (or a list).
>>>       
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> Just curious: Is there a reason to use __getitem__() over itemgetter (used in the example in my reply)?
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>>> In [24]: d = {'a':21.3, 'b':32.8, 'c': 12.92}
>>> In [26]: sorted(d.keys(), key=d.__getitem__, reverse=True)
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> I think Shawn would want to leave off "reverse=True". The default is least to greatest, which is what he wanted, I think.
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It wouldn't have taken you very long to check to see what he wanted :)
To save you time ;) he did want them in decreasing order.
-Luke