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Python Dictionary clear()

The clear() method removes all the items from a dictionary.

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Python Dictionary clear()
Python Dictionary clear()
By khushal jethava
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Python Dictionary clear()

The syntax of clear() method is:

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dictionary.clear()

clear() Parameters

The clear() method does not take any parameter as argument.

Let’s see an example of the dictionary clear() method.

Example 1: How to use the clear() method in python dictionaries?

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cars = {1 : "TATA",2 : "BMW", 3 : "TOYOTA"}
print("Dictionary is:",cars)

# clearing dictionary using clear() method
cars.clear()

print("Dictionary is:",cars)

Output:

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Dictionary is: {1: 'TATA', 2: 'BMW', 3: 'TOYOTA'}
Dictionary is: {}

Here we can see that the clear() method has completely removed all the items from a dictionary.

Rules of clear()

There are no such rules to use clear() method.

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