Dictionary OperationsΒΆ
The del
statement removes a key-value pair from a dictionary.
(ch12_dict4)
Dictionaries are also mutable.
(ch12_dict4a)
Similarily, a new shipment of 200 bananas arriving could be handled like this.
(ch12_dict5)
Notice that there are now 512 bananas—the dictionary has been modified. Note also that the len
function also works on dictionaries. It returns the number
of key-value pairs: