In List of Dicts, find min() value of a common Dict field

Question

I have a list of dictionaries like so:

[{\'price\': 99, \'barcode\': \'2342355\'}, {\'price\': 88, \'barcode\': \'2345566\'}]

I want to fin

Answer 1

lst = [{'price': 99, 'barcode': '2342355'}, {'price': 88, 'barcode': '2345566'}]

maxPricedItem = max(lst, key=lambda x:x['price'])
minPricedItem = min(lst, key=lambda x:x['price'])

This tells you not just what the max price is but also which item is most expensive.