Sort nested dictionary by value, and remainder by another value, in Python

Question

Consider this dictionary format.

{\'KEY1\':{\'name\':\'google\',\'date\':20100701,\'downloads\':0},
 \'KEY2\':{\'name\':\'chrome\',\'date\':20071010,\'downlo         


        

Answer 1

a = {'KEY1':{'name':'google','date':20100701,'downloads':0},
 'KEY2':{'name':'chrome','date':20071010,'downloads':0},
 'KEY3':{'name':'python','date':20100710,'downloads':100}}


z = a.items()

z.sort(key=lambda x: (x[1]['downloads'], x[1]['date']))