Sorting a list of dicts by dict values

Question

I have the following list of dictionaries ``` a = [{23:100}, {3:103}, {2:102}, {36:103}, {43:123}] ``` How can I sort it to get: ``` a = [{43:123}, {3:103}, {36:103}, {2:102}, {23:100}] ``` I mean, to sort the list by its dicts' values, in descending order.

Accepted Answer

In addition to brandizzi's answer, you could go with:

```
sorted(a, key=dict.values, reverse=True)
```

Pretty much the same thing, but possibly more idiomatic.

Sorting a list of dicts by dict values

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