Sort dictionary by keys Dry Run in PYTHON

Sort dictionary by keys is an interactive PYTHON dry run visualizer from the Dict programs section. Study the source code, then use the execution controls to follow each step, variable update, highlighted line, and console output.

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Sort dictionary by keys Program Code

# Sort dictionary by keys
unsorted = {"banana": 3, "apple": 5, "date": 2, "cherry": 4, "elderberry": 1}
print("Unsorted:", unsorted)

# Method 1: Using sorted() with dict() (Python 3.7+)
sorted_by_keys = dict(sorted(unsorted.items()))
print("Sorted by keys:", sorted_by_keys)

# Method 2: Ascending order (explicit)
sorted_asc = dict(sorted(unsorted.items(), key=lambda x: x[0]))
print("Ascending:", sorted_asc)

# Method 3: Descending order by keys
sorted_desc = dict(sorted(unsorted.items(), key=lambda x: x[0], reverse=True))
print("Descending by keys:", sorted_desc)

# Method 4: List of tuples (without converting to dict)
sorted_items = sorted(unsorted.items())
print("As list of tuples:", sorted_items)

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