title: How to convert a Counter object into a usable list of pairs?
body: <p>The code I have now:</p>
  
  <pre><code>from collections import Counter
  c=Counter(list_of_values)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>returns:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Counter({'5': 5, '2': 4, '1': 2, '3': 2})
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I want to sort this list into numeric(/alphabetic) order by item, not number of occurrences. How can I convert this into a list of pairs such as:</p>
  
  <pre><code>[['5',5],['2',4],['1',2],['3',2]]
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Note: If I use c.items(), I get:  dict_items([('1', 2), ('3', 2), ('2', 4), ('5', 5)]) 
  which does not help me...</p>
  
  <p>Thanks in advance!</p>