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Removing Items

There are several methods to remove items from a dictionary:

method removes the item with the specified key name:

thisdict =  {
"brand": "Ford",
"model": "Mustang",
"year": 1964
}
thisdict.pop("model")
print(thisdict)

method removes the last inserted item (in versions before 3.7, a random item is removed instead):

thisdict =  {
"brand": "Ford",
"model": "Mustang",
"year": 1964
}
thisdict.popitem()
print(thisdict)

The del keyword removes the item with the specified key name:

thisdict =  {
"brand": "Ford",
"model": "Mustang",
"year": 1964
}
del thisdict["model"]
print(thisdict)

The del keyword can also delete the dictionary completely:

thisdict =  {
"brand": "Ford",
"model": "Mustang",
"year": 1964
}
del thisdict print(thisdict) #this will cause an error because "thisdict"

no longer exists.

method empties the dictionary:

thisdict =  {
"brand": "Ford",
"model": "Mustang",
"year": 1964
}
thisdict.clear()
print(thisdict)