Ways to sort list of dictionaries by values in Python – Using lambda function

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#example list

dict_list = [{ "idx":1, "value1":32.44, "value2":123.2}, { "idx":2, "value1":32.414, "value2":133.2}, { "idx":3, "value1":32.244, "value2":113.2}]

#sort by ascending order

sorted_dict_list = sorted(dict_list, key = lambda i: i['value1'])

#sort by descending order

r_sorted_dict_list = sorted(dict_list, key = lambda i: i['value1'],reverse=True)

#show result

print(sorted_dict_list)

# [{'idx': 3, 'value1': 32.244, 'value2': 113.2}, {'idx': 2, 'value1': 32.414, 'value2': 133.2}, {'idx': 1, 'value1': 32.44, 'value2': 123.2}]

print(r_sorted_dict_list)

# [{'idx': 1, 'value1': 32.44, 'value2': 123.2}, {'idx': 2, 'value1': 32.414, 'value2': 133.2}, {'idx': 3, 'value1': 32.244, 'value2': 113.2}]

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