Reference

Dictionary Methods

Methods available on Python dict objects.

1. dict.clear()

   Removes all items from a dictionary, making it empty

   dict.clear()
2. dict.copy()

   Returns a shallow copy of a dictionary, creating a new dictionary with the same key-value pairs

   dict.copy()
3. dict.fromkeys()

   Creates a new dictionary with keys from an iterable and values set to a specified value

   dict.fromkeys(iterable[, value])
4. dict.get()

   Returns the value for a key, or a default value if the key is not found

   dict.get(key[, default])
5. dict.items()

   Returns a view object that displays a list of dictionary's key-value tuple pairs

   dict.items()
6. dict.keys()

   Returns a view object that displays a list of all keys in a dictionary

   dict.keys()
7. dict.pop()

   Removes and returns the value for a specified key, optionally with a default value if the key does not exist

   dict.pop(key[, default])
8. dict.popitem()

   Removes and returns the last key-value pair from a dictionary as a tuple

   dict.popitem()
9. dict.setdefault()

   Returns the value for a key, inserting a default if the key does not exist

   dict.setdefault(key[, default])
10. dict.update()

    Updates a dictionary with key-value pairs from another dictionary or iterable

    dict.update([other])
11. dict.values()

    Returns a view object that displays a list of all values in a dictionary

    dict.values()