How do you sort a list of dictionaries by a key?

Python lists, dictionaries and sets · Freshers

Model answer

sorted(users, key=lambda u: u["age"]), or use operator.itemgetter("age"). Add reverse=True for descending order. sorted returns a new list. list.sort() changes the list in place.

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