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In case you're wondering, the variable is named `dict_` because we want to have Wiki:MeaningfulNames, but we don't want to shadow the `dict` builtin, so we append an underscore. | (The variable was named {{{dict_}}} because {{{dict}}} is already a builtin.) |
Sorting Lists of Dictionaries
Frequently you want to sort a list of dictionaries, based on some particular key.
For example:
There are many ways to do this. Here's the fastest way to do it, as it avoids using a custom comparison function, instead using builtin comparisons. This is the decorate-sort-undecorate pattern, or the Schwartzian transform if you're coming from Perl.
(The variable was named dict_ because dict is already a builtin.)