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How can I sort a list of dictionaries by a value of the dictionary in Python?

How do I sort a list of dictionaries by a specific key's value? Given: [{'name': 'Homer', 'age': 39}, {'name': 'Bart', 'age': 10}] When sorted by name, it should become: [{'name': 'Bart', 'age': 10}, {'name': 'Homer', 'age': 39}]
The sorted() function takes a key= parameter newlist = sorted(list_to_be_sorted, key=lambda d: d['name']) Alternatively, you can use operator.itemgetter instead of defining the function yourself from operator import itemgetter newlist = sorted(list_to_be_sorted, key=itemgetter('name')) For completeness, add reverse=True to sort in descending order newlist = sorted(list_to_be_sorted, key=itemgetter('name'), reverse=True)