Reorder dictionary in python according to a list of values

Question

Let us consider a dictionary:

sample_dict={1:\'r099\',2:\'g444\',3:\'t555\',4:\'f444\',5:\'h666\'}

I want to re-order this dictionary in an

Answer 1

Using an OrderedDict or Eli's solution will probably be a good way to go, but for reference here is a simple way to obtain the list of values you want:

[sample_dict[k] for k in desired_order_list]

If you aren't completely sure that every element from desired_order_list will be a key in sample_dict, use either [sample_dict.get(k) ...] or [... for k in desired_order_list if k in sample_dict]. The first method will put None in for missing keys, the second method will only include values from the keys are are in the dict.