Sort a list based on dictionary values in python?

Question

Say I have a dictionary and then I have a list that contains the dictionary\'s keys. Is there a way to sort the list based off of the dictionaries values?

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Answer 1

The key argument in the sorted builtin function (or the sort method of lists) has to be a function that maps members of the list you're sorting to the values you want to sort by. So you want this:

sorted(trial_list, key=lambda x: trial_dict[x])