Python: Sort Counter by value

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35. Sort Counter by Value

Write a Python program to sort Counter by value.

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Python Code:

# Import the 'Counter' class from the 'collections' module.
from collections import Counter

# Create a Counter object 'x' with subjects as keys and associated scores as values.
x = Counter({'Math': 81, 'Physics': 83, 'Chemistry': 87})

# Print the most common elements in the 'x' Counter, which are subject-score pairs.
print(x.most_common())

Sample Output:

[('Chemistry', 87), ('Physics', 83), ('Math', 81)]

For more Practice: Solve these Related Problems:

• Write a Python program to sort a dictionary (or Counter) by its values in descending order and output a list of tuples.
• Write a Python program to use sorted() with a lambda function to arrange the items of a Counter based on frequency.
• Write a Python program to implement a function that takes a Counter object and returns its items sorted by value.
• Write a Python program to compare sorting a Counter by keys versus sorting by values and display the differences.

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