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Python Dictionary clear()

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

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.

Khushal Jethava
Khushal Jethava

Machine Learning Engineer at Codiste, specializing in Generative AI, NLP, and Computer Vision. Building production AI systems with Python.

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