Dict Methods
clear()
Removes all the elements from a dictionary.
Syntax – dictionary.clear()
Ex:
student = {
"name": "Krishna",
"age": 25,
"place": "Vrindavan"
}
student.clear()
print(student)
copy()
Returns a copy of the specified dictionary.
Syntax – dictionary.copy()
Ex:
god = {
"name": "Krishna",
"age": 25,
"place": "Vrindavan"
}
x = god.copy()
print(x)
fromkeys()
Returns a dictionary with the specified keys
and the specified value.
Ex:
x = ('ssc', 'inter', 'btech')
y = 'Anantapur'
student_dict = dict.fromkeys(x, y)
print(student_dict)
Syntax – dict.fromkeys(keys, value)
Parameters:
keys – Required – iterable
An iterable specifying the keys of the
new dictionary.
value – Optional – value
The value for all keys.
Default value is None.
get()
Returns the value for the specified key if
the key is in dictionary.
Returns None if the key is not found and
value is not specified.
Returns the value if the key is not found
and value is specified.
Syntax – dictionary.get(key, value)
Parameters:
key – Required – key
The key name.
value – Optional – value
The value to return if the specified key does
not exist.
Default value is None.
items()
Returns a view object.
The view object contains the key-value pairs of the
dictionary, as tuples in a list.
The objects returned by the dictionary methods like
keys(), values(), items() are called as view objects.
The view object will reflect any changes done to the
dictionary, as shown in below example.
Syntax – dictionary.items()
Parameters: No
student = {
"name": "Hari",
"age":25,
"email": "[email protected]"
}
x = student.items()
print(x)
student["age"] = 30
print(x)
keys()
Returns a view object.
View object contains the key of the dictionary, as a list.
The objects returned by the dictionary methods like
keys(), values(), items() are called as view objects.
The view object will reflect any changes done to the
dictionary.
Syntax – dictionary.keys()
Parameters: No
pop()
Updates the dictionary by removing the specified item
from.
Returns the removed dictionary item.
Syntax – dictionary.pop(key, value)
Parameters:
key – Required – key
The key name.
value – Optional – value
The value to return if the specified key does not exist.
Default value is None.
popitem()
Removes the item that was last inserted into
the dictionary.
In versions before 3.7, this method was used
to remove a random item.
Returns the removed item as a tuple.
Syntax – dictionary.popitem()
Parameters: No
setdefault()
Returns the value of the item with
the specified key.
If the key does not exist, inserts the
key with the specified value into the
dictionary.
Syntax – dictionary.setdefault(key, value)
Parameters:
key – Required – key
The key name.
value – Optional – value
If the key exist, this parameter has no effect.
If the key does not exist, this value becomes the
key's value.
Default value is None.
update()
Updates the specified key with the specified value.
Adds items to the dictionary, if the specified key is
not in the dictionary.
Syntax:dictionary.update(dictionary)
Parameters:
dictionary – Required – dictionary
A dictionary with key and value.
values()
Returns a view object.
View object contains the value of the dictionary, as a list.
The objects returned by the dictionary methods like
keys(), values(), items() are called as view objects.
The view object will reflect any changes done to the
dictionary.
Syntax – dictionary.values()
Parameters: No
