How do I sort a list of dictionaries by a value of the dictionary?

I have a list of dictionaries and want each item to be sorted by a specific value. Take into consideration the list: [{‘name’:’Homer’, ‘age’:39}, {‘name’:’Bart’, ‘age’:10}] When sorted by name, it should become: [{‘name’:’Bart’, ‘age’:10}, {‘name’:’Homer’, ‘age’:39}] 1 18

How to initialize List object in Java?

If you check the API for List you’ll notice it says: Being an interface means it cannot be instantiated (no new List() is possible). If you check that link, you’ll find some classes that implement List: All Known Implementing Classes: AbstractList, AbstractSequentialList, ArrayList, AttributeList, CopyOnWriteArrayList, LinkedList, RoleList, RoleUnresolvedList, Stack, Vector Some of those can be instantiated (the ones that are not defined as abstract class). Use their links to know more about them, I.E: to … Read more

“Instantiating” a List in Java? [duplicate]

In Java, List is an interface. That is, it cannot be instantiated directly. Instead you can use ArrayList which is an implementation of that interface that uses an array as its backing store (hence the name). Since ArrayList is a kind of List, you can easily upcast it: List<T> mylist = new ArrayList<T>(); This is in contrast with .NET, where, since version 2.0, List<T> is the … Read more