How to sort a list of dictionaries by values of dictionaries in C#?

Set the list of dictionaries with keys and values.

var d = new Dictionary<string, int>(); d.Add("Zack", 0); d.Add("Akon", 3); d.Add("Jack", 2); d.Add("Tom", 1);

Get and sort the keys.

var val = d.Keys.ToList(); val.Sort();

You can try to run the following code to sort a list of dictionaries by values.

Example

 Live Demo

using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Linq; class Demo {    static void Main() {       var d = new Dictionary<string, int>();       d.Add("Zack", 0);       d.Add("Akon", 3);       d.Add("Jack", 2);       d.Add("Tom", 1);       // Acquire keys and sort them.       var val = d.Keys.ToList();       val.Sort();       // Loop through keys.       foreach (var key in val) {          Console.WriteLine("{0}: {1}", key, d[key]);       }    } }

Output

Akon: 3 Jack: 2 Tom: 1 Zack: 0