docs: def str2dict_values(str_in):
      '''
      Extracts the values from a string that represents a dict and returns them
      sorted by key.
  
      Args:
          str_in (string) that contains python dict
      Returns:
          (list) with values or None if no valid dict was found
      Raises:
          -
      '''
      tmp_dict = str2dict(str_in)
      if tmp_dict is None:
          return None
      return [tmp_dict[key] for key in sorted(k for k in tmp_dict)]