Python Dictionary

 

Removing Dictionary Items

Dictionary items can be removed using built-in deletion methods that work on keys:

• del: removes an item using its key
• pop(): removes the item with the given key and returns its value
• clear(): removes all items from the dictionary
• popitem(): removes and returns the last inserted key–value pair

d = {1: 'Geeks', 2: 'For', 3: 'Geeks', 'age':22}

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# Using del 

del d["age"]

print(d)

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# Using pop() 

val = d.pop(1)

print(val)

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# Using popitem()

key, val = d.popitem()

print(f"Key: {key}, Value: {val}")

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# Using clear()

d.clear()

print(d)

Output

{1: 'Geeks', 2: 'For', 3: 'Geeks'}
Geeks
Key: 3, Value: Geeks
{}

Iterating Through a Dictionary

A dictionary can be traversed using a for loop to access its keys, values or both key-value pairs by using the built-in methods keys(), values() and items().

d = {1: 'Geeks', 2: 'For', 'age':22}

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# Iterate over keys

for key in d:

    print(key)

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# Iterate over values

for value in d.values():

    print(value)

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# Iterate over key-value pairs

for key, value in d.items():

    print(f"{key}: {value}")

Output

1
2
age
Geeks
For
22
1: Geeks
2: For
age: 22