Predict the output of the following code if
mydict = {‘a’:23,'b': '78',’c’ :89, ‘d’:36}
>>>del mydict[‘c’]
>>>print mydict
(a) {‘a’:23,'b': '78',’c’ :89,‘d’:36}
(b) {‘a’:23,'b': '78',‘d’:36}
(c) {‘a’:23,'b': '78',89, ‘d’:36}
(d) {‘a’:23,'b': '78',’d’ :89, ‘e’:36}
Answer:
- The code uses the del statement to delete a key-value pair from a dictionary object in Python.
- del mydict[‘c’] means that the key ‘c’ and its associated value 89 are removed from the dictionary object named mydict.
- The print statement prints the contents of the dictionary object to the standard output.
Therefore, the output of the code is {‘a’: 23, ‘b’: ‘78’, ‘d’: 36} , which shows that the key ‘c’ and its value 89 are no longer present in the dictionary object named mydict.
So, the correct answer is (b) {‘a’:23,‘b’: ‘78’,‘d’:36}.
