Question

Suppose d = {“john”:40, “peter”:45}, to delete the entry for “john” what command do we use?

(a) d.delete(“john”:40)

(b) d.delete(“john”)

(c) del d[“john”]

(d) del d(“john”:40)

This question was posed to me during an online exam.

The above asked question is from Dictionary in chapter Dictionary, Functions and Built-in Functions of Python

Answer 1

Right choice is (c) del d[“john”]

Easy explanation - Execute in the shell to verify.