top values from dictionary

Question

How do I retrive the top 3 list from a dictionary?

>>> d
{\'a\': 2, \'and\': 23, \'this\': 14, \'only.\': 21, \'is\': 2, \'work\': 2, \'will\': 2, \         


        

Answer 1

>>> d = {'a': 2, 'and': 23, 'this': 14, 'only.': 21, 'is': 2, 'work': 2, 'will': 2, 'as': 2, 'test': 4}
>>> t = sorted(d.iteritems(), key=lambda x:-x[1])[:3]

>>> for x in t:
...     print "{0}: {1}".format(*x)
... 
and: 23
only.: 21
this: 14