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Python dictionary clear() Method
Description
Python dictionary method clear() removes all items from the dictionary.
Syntax
Following is the syntax for clear() method −
dict.clear()
Parameters
NA
Return Value
This method does not return any value.
Example
The following example shows the usage of clear() method.
#!/usr/bin/python dict = {'Name': 'Zara', 'Age': 7}; print "Start Len : %d" % len(dict) dict.clear() print "End Len : %d" % len(dict)
When we run above program, it produces following result −
Start Len : 2 End Len : 0
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