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| # sort dictionary by value | |
| >>> sorted(d.iteritems(), key=itemgetter(1), reverse=True) | |
| [('b', 23), ('d', 17), ('c', 5), ('a', 2), ('e', 1)] | |
| # sort dict by keys: | |
| >>> sorted(d, key=d.__getitem__, reverse=True) | |
| ['b', 'd', 'c', 'a', 'e'] | |
| # Also, Python 2.5's heapq.nlargest() function addresses the common use |