{"id":16657,"date":"2024-03-15T13:24:38","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T13:24:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-merge-and-sort-two-dictionaries-in-python\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T04:47:47","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T04:47:47","slug":"how-to-merge-and-sort-two-dictionaries-in-python","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-merge-and-sort-two-dictionaries-in-python\/","title":{"rendered":"How to merge and sort two dictionaries in Python?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Python, you can merge one dictionary into another using the update() method. Then, you can sort the keys of the dictionary using the sorted() function. Here is an example code:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code>dict1 = {<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"a\"<\/span>: <span class=\"hljs-number\">1<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"b\"<\/span>: <span class=\"hljs-number\">2<\/span>}\r\ndict2 = {<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"c\"<\/span>: <span class=\"hljs-number\">3<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"d\"<\/span>: <span class=\"hljs-number\">4<\/span>}\r\n\r\nmerged_dict = dict1.copy()\r\nmerged_dict.update(dict2)\r\n\r\nsorted_dict = <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">dict<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-built_in\">sorted<\/span>(merged_dict.items()))\r\n\r\n<span class=\"hljs-built_in\">print<\/span>(sorted_dict)\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>The output will be a dictionary that is merged and sorted.<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code>{'a': 1, 'b': 2, 'c': 3, 'd': 4}\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>Please note that in Python, dictionaries are unordered, so when sorting a dictionary, you are actually sorting its keys.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Python, you can merge one dictionary into another using the update() method. 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