Python dictionary sorting ordereddict

In python2.7.x, ordereddict is added to the collections class. The usage is as follows:

 

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Python 2.7b1(r27b1:79927, Apr 26 2010, 11:44:19)
[GCC 4.4.3] on linux2
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>>>
from collections import OrderedDict
>>> d
= {'banana': 3,
'apple':4,
'pear': 1,
'orange': 2}

# Sort by key
>>> Ordereddict (sorted (D. Items (),
Key = Lambda T: T [0])
Ordereddict ([('apple', 4 ),
('Banana ', 3 ),
('Orange ', 2 ),
('Pear ', 1)])

# Sort by value
>>> Ordereddict (sorted (D. Items (),
Key = Lambda T: T [1])
Ordereddict ([('pear ', 1 ),
('Orange ', 2 ),
('Banana ', 3 ),
('Apple', 4)])

# Sort by key length
>>> Ordereddict (sorted (D. Items (),
Key = Lambda T: Len (T [0])
Ordereddict ([('pear ', 1 ),
('Apple', 4 ),
('Orange ', 2 ),
('Banana ', 3)])