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====== Sort List Of Dictionaries By Value ======

**General Information**

Sorting a list of dictionaries by a value in the dictionary. 

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====== Usage ======

Example output
<code bash>
./sort-list-of-dictionary-by-value.py

-> Sorted by Last Name:
[{'first_name': 'Boba', 'last_name': 'Fett', 'side': 'none'}, {'first_name': 'Yoda', 'last_name': 'GreenGuy', 'side': 'rebels'}, {'first_name': 'Darth', 'last_name': 'Vader', 'side': 'empire'}]

-> Sorted by First Name:
[{'first_name': 'Boba', 'last_name': 'Fett', 'side': 'none'}, {'first_name': 'Darth', 'last_name': 'Vader', 'side': 'empire'}, {'first_name': 'Yoda', 'last_name': 'GreenGuy', 'side': 'rebels'}]
</code>

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====== The Code ======

<code python sort-list-of-dictionary-by-value.py>
#!/usr/bin/env python

# Import itemgetter to sort by dictionary key
from operator import itemgetter

user_list = [ {'first_name': 'Yoda', 'last_name': 'GreenGuy', 'side': 'rebels'}, {'first_name': 'Darth', 'last_name': 'Vader', 'side': 'empire'}, {'first_name': 'Boba', 'last_name': 'Fett', 'side': 'none'} ]

sorted_last_name = sorted(user_list, key=itemgetter('last_name'))
sorted_first_name = sorted(user_list, key=itemgetter('first_name'))

print("-> Sorted by Last Name:")
print(sorted_last_name)

print("\n-> Sorted by First Name:")
print(sorted_first_name)
</code>

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