Sort list of dictionaries using dictionary key

Question

I have a list of dictionaries and trying to sort by key but couldn't get met requirement. I'm new to python. I have tried the following solution

sorted(data, key=itemgetter('key'))

data = [
          {
            "key" : "NEU",
            "value" : 49
          },
          {
            "key" : "POS",
            "value" : 30
          },
          {
            "key" : "NEG",
            "value" : 39
          },
          {
            "key" : "N/A",
            "value" : 10
          }
        ]

I want output like

[         {
            "key" : "N/A",
            "value" : 10
          },
          {
            "key" : "NEG",
            "value" : 39
          },
          {
            "key" : "NEU",
            "value" : 49
          },
          {
            "key" : "POS",
            "value" : 30
          }
        ]

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score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 12 '20 at 12:09

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I think you're looking for this:

sorted(data, key=lambda x: x["key"])

We create an anonymous function via lambda where our argument is x (the values inside of data) and then we return the entry key of the dictionary inside of the lists to sort the data.

answered May 12 '20 at 12:09

Hampus Larsson

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