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REMOVING OR DELETING ELEMENTS OF A DICTIONARY
As you know, the pop( ) method is used to remove the dictionary element with the specified
key. The clear( ) method is used to remove all the elements of a dictionary and the popitem( )
method is used to remove any element from the Python dictionary. The del method is used to
delete a specific element or entire dictionary.
SOME MORE PROGRAMS
Program 6: To remove or delete elements from a dictionary.
Program6.py
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dict1={'Name': 'A', 'Rollno': 1, 'Marks':[10, 20, 30], 'Mobile': 9876754534}
print(dict1)
print(dict1.pop('Rollno'))
print(dict1)
print(dict1.popitem())
print(dict1)
print(dict1.clear())
On running the above program, you will get the following output:
Output
{'Name': 'A', 'Rollno': 1, 'Marks': [10, 20, 30], 'Mobile': 9876754534}
1
{'Name': 'A', 'Marks': [10, 20, 30], 'Mobile': 9876754534}
('Mobile', 9876754534)
{'Name': 'A', 'Marks': [10, 20, 30]}
None
Program 7: To convert dictionary to list of tuples.
Program7.py
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Fruits = {"Apple" : 1, "Mango" : 2, "Banana" : 4}
items = list(Fruits.items())
for item in items:
print(len(item), item)
On running the above program, you will get the following output:
Output
2 ('Apple', 1)
2 ('Mango', 2)
2 ('Banana', 4)
Dictionary in Python 105

