From db7a5bd20b73062fa4869f63faea7b8ea63548e2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paras <ps863@njit.edu>
Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2020 19:17:01 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Added basic outline of value sort function

---
 Dictionary_Manager.py | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Dictionary_Manager.py b/Dictionary_Manager.py
index 4074d63..5d52b44 100644
--- a/Dictionary_Manager.py
+++ b/Dictionary_Manager.py
@@ -55,3 +55,37 @@ def sample_random_dictionary (self,K,indexed = False):
             return out_dict
         
         raise ValueError("Invalid parameter for indexed. Indexed can either be true or false only")
+
+
+        def value_sort_alphabetically (decending = False):
+            """
+            Sorts the dictionary such that all values are alphabetically arranged
+
+            Parameters:
+            decending : By default False. If True, follow an order from Z to A. If False, follow an order from A to Z
+
+            Condition: 
+            No key should have more than one value each 
+            All values should be strings
+            """
+
+            # Implement the error handling 
+
+            # A to Z
+            if (decending == False):
+                values = list (self.in_dict.values)
+                values_sorted = sorted(values)
+
+                new_dict = {}
+            
+                for value in values_sorted:
+                    for key in self.in_dict:
+                        if (self.in_dict[key] == value):
+                            new_dict[key] = value
+                            break
+                            
+                return new_dict
+            
+            if (decending == True):
+                NotImplementedError()
+            
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