Dictionary functions in python with examples

There are various types of Dictionary functions in python with examples dictionary.

#1 len()

Dictionary functions in python len() is used to find length of dictionary.

d = { ‘Name’ : ‘Deepak’, ‘city’ : ‘Indore’, ‘Hobby’ : ‘Cricket’ }

print( len(d) )

Output

3

#2 del()

If we want to delete any element from dictionary we use del() function.

d = { ‘Name’ : ‘Deepak’, ‘city’ : ‘Indore’, ‘Hobby’ : ‘Cricket’ }

del d[ ‘city’ ]

print( d )

Output

#3 sorted

Dictionary functions in python sorted() is used to arrange the dictionary key in sequence. The sorted() function does not affect the original dictionary.

d = { ‘Name’ : ‘Deepak’, ‘city’ : ‘Indore’, ‘Hobby’ : ‘Cricket’ }

print( sorted(d) )

Output

{ ‘city’ : ‘Indore’, ‘Hobby’ : ‘Cricket’, ‘Name’ : ‘Deepak’ }

#4 keys()

keys() function is used to get all keys from dictionary.

d = { ‘Name’ : ‘Deepak’, ‘city’ : ‘Indore’, ‘Hobby’ : ‘Cricket’ }

print( keys(d) )

Output

#5 values()

#6 items()

The items() functions return the list of key-value pair of dictionary.

#7 clear()

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