Need for Sorting Dictionary in Python

We need sorting of data to reduce the complexity of the data and make queries faster and more efficient. Sorting is very important when we are dealing with a large amount of data. 

We can sort a dictionary by values using these methods:

• First, sort the keys alphabetically using key_value.iterkeys() function.
• Second, sort the keys alphabetically using the sorted (key_value) function & print the value corresponding to it.
• Third, sort the values alphabetically using key_value.iteritems(), key = lambda (k, v) : (v, k))

There are two elements in a Python dictionary-keys and values. You can sort the dictionary by keys, values, or both. In this article, we will discuss the methods of sorting dictionaries by key or value using Python.