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Python: sorting dict by value
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sort-dict-by-value.py
>>> d = {'Canada': 513, 'Sao Tome and Principe': 3, 'Fiji': 1, 'Montenegro': 12, 'Lithuania': 47}
>>> sorted_list = sorted(d, key=d.get, reverse=True)
>>> for i in sorted_list:
... print i, d[i]
...
Canada 513
Lithuania 47
Montenegro 12
Sao Tome and Principe 3
Fiji 1
>>>
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