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Sort dictionary with values closest to given value
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>>> chooseFrom | |
{'1': 10.3438090737, '3': 7.73275047259, '2': 12.9046550095, '5': 10.3438090737, '4': 12.9046550095, '7': 7.88437303088, '6': 5.12169187146, '8': 0.0} | |
>>> gh | |
7.73275047259 | |
# reference : http://stackoverflow.com/a/12141207/799593 | |
>>> test = sorted(chooseFrom, key=lambda x:abs(chooseFrom[x]-gh)) | |
>>> test | |
['3', '7', '1', '5', '6', '2', '4', '8'] | |
>>> for x in test: | |
... print '{} : {} ==> {}'.format(x, chooseFrom[x], abs(gh-chooseFrom[x])) | |
... | |
3 : 7.73275047259 ==> 0.0 | |
7 : 7.88437303088 ==> 0.15162255829 | |
1 : 10.3438090737 ==> 2.61105860111 | |
5 : 10.3438090737 ==> 2.61105860111 | |
6 : 5.12169187146 ==> 2.61105860113 | |
2 : 12.9046550095 ==> 5.17190453691 | |
4 : 12.9046550095 ==> 5.17190453691 | |
8 : 0.0 ==> 7.73275047259 |
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