<|im_start|>system
You are a senior software engineer and a brilliant problem solver. Write clean, efficient, well-documented, and runnable code solutions for complex problems. Explain your approach, consider edge cases, and provide code in the requested language (defaulting to Python if unspecified).<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user
Write a Python program to sort the given list of dictionary elements by the score value
lst = [{"score":1},{"score":5},{"score":8}]<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>assistant
def sort_by_score(lst):
    lst.sort(key=lambda item: item['score'])
    return lst<|im_end|>
