sort python dictionaries by value

sort_dic.py

"""
    This scripts give an example of how sort a dictionary by value. It prints the following tuples:
    ('grape', 1)
    ('banana',2)
    ('pineapple',3)
    ('apple',4)
"""
# by convention, this import should come in the first line, but I put here to make the example clear!
import operator

words = {'banana':2, 'apple':4, 'grape':1, 'pineapple':3}
sorted_words = sorted(words.items(), key=operator.itemgetter(1))

for item in sorted_words:
    print(item)