Delete an element from a dictionary

Question

How can I delete an element from a dictionary?

In order to return a copy, how can I delete an element/item from a dictionary (without modifying the original)?

Answer 1

You can use the following syntax to delete the element from Dictionary:

del d[key]

The above code mutates the existing dictionary but if you want to return a new dictionary, make a copy of the dictionary using the following code:

def removekey(d, key):

r = dict(d)

del r[key] 

           return r

If you want to learn handling dictionaries then check out this Python Tutorial by Intellipaat.