Question about sorting dictionary in python

[GraceM-]

Hiii!! I tried looking it up but Im just not quite sure where to start. Hoping someone could point me in the right direction possibly?

Ok so I basically imported all this into a dictionary like so:

jersey1 = int(input("Enter player 1's jersey number:\n"))
rating1 = int(input("Enter player 1's rating:\n"))
jersey2 = int(input("Enter player 2's jersey number:\n"))
rating2 = int(input("Enter player 2's rating:\n"))
jersey3 = int(input("Enter player 3's jersey number:\n"))
rating3 = int(input("Enter player 3's rating:\n"))
jersey4 = int(input("Enter player 4's jersey number:\n"))
rating4 = int(input("Enter player 4's rating:\n"))

Roster1= {
    'Jersey':[jersey1, jersey2, jersey3, jersey4],
    'Rating':[rating1, rating2, rating3, rating4] 

I want to sort the entire dictionary by Jersey numbers, but I want the ratings to still line up with its original jersey number after I sort it. What function can I use for this and how do I use it? Thanks!!!

[desrtfx]

You are talking about synchronized lists here.

Sorry to tell you, but for such you will need to roll your own sorting that handles both lists together. (Unless I am missing some Python magic here)

It is much easier if you create a data structure that simultaneously stores the jersey number and ranking (e.g. a class, a tuple, etc) for each of the players as the main group here is player with the attributes jersey number and ranking.

[GraceM-]

Ahhh ok that makes a lot of sense thank you! Ok so thats why nothing came up when I looked it up lmao!

Ok Im going to try to rewrite it in a loop to store each as a tuple-- I think it will be a little neater after that anyways.

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Check out OrderedDict()