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Sorting of ordered dictionary based upon keys

We can sort the ordered dictionary using the sorted() function:

Syntax

dict = collections.OrderedDict(sorted(d1.items()))dict = New sorted dictionaryd1= Original Order dictionary

Let's take an example to understand the sorted() function. For a refresher on sorted() function, you can revisit Chapter 4, Lists:

import collections print 'n Order dictionary'd1 = collections.OrderedDict()d1['a']= 'SAS'd1['d']= 'PYTHON'd1['b']= 'JULIA'd1['f']= 'R'd1['c']= 'SPARK'for k,v in d1.items(): print k, ":",vprint 'n Sorted Order dictionary'dict = collections.OrderedDict(sorted(d1.items()))for k,v in dict.items():   print k, ":",v

Here we create an ordered dictionary d1 and then sort it using the sorted() ...