> -----Original Message----- > Hi Pythonistas, > > I have a large dictionary of dictionary (50,000+ keys) which > has a structure as follows: > DoD = { > 'flintstones' : { > 'husband' : "fred", > 'pal' : "barney", > 'income' : 500, > }, > 'jetsons' : { > 'husband' : "george", > 'wife' : "jane", > 'his boy' : "elroy", > 'income' : 700, > }, > 'simpsons' : { > 'husband' : "homer", > 'wife' : "marge", > 'kid' : "bart", > 'income' : 600, > }, > }; > > I want to sort the dictionary by 'income' > Is there an efficient way to do the same. > Thanks in advance. > > - Jo >
This sounds like it'd be a good job for a database...perhaps SQLite? Mike _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor