Sorting array in dictionary in python by specific key value

Question

I have the following dictionary:

products = { 
'count': 3, 
'items': [ {'order': 2, 'name': green}, 
           {'order': 1, 'name': red}, 
           {'order': 3, 'name': blue} ] 
}

how can I sort the dictionary by the value of 'order' from highest to lowest so it results like this:

products = { 
'count': 3, 
'items': [ {'order': 3, 'name': blue}, 
           {'order': 2, 'name': green}, 
           {'order': 1, 'name': red} ] 
}

have a look at this answer: stackoverflow.com/questions/613183/… — Gregory
– Gregory, Commented Nov 21, 2020 at 13:01
Does this answer your question? How do I sort a dictionary by value? — ashraful16
– ashraful16, Commented Nov 21, 2020 at 13:02

P. Leibner · Accepted Answer · 2020-11-21 13:01:29Z

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Items contains a list of orders, so you can apply .sort() with a lambda function on your list:

products["items"].sort(key=lambda x: x["order"], reverse=True)

Reverse is True because you want a descending order.

answered Nov 21, 2020 at 13:01

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