Using the popitem() Method: Removing the Last Inserted Item
Dictionaries also have a popitem()
method that removes and returns the last key-value pair.
book = { "title": "Pride and Prejudice", "author": "Jane Austen", "year": 1813, "genre": "Romance" } # Removing the last key-value pair using popitem() popped_item = book.popitem() # Printing the updated dictionary and the removed pair print("Removed item:", popped_item) print("Updated dictionary:", book)
Task
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You are given the dictionary authors_books
.
- Remove the last element from the dictionary.
- Add a new element with the key
'Mark Twain'
and the value['The Adventures of Tom Sawyer', 'Adventures of Huckleberry Finn', 'The Prince and the Pauper']
. - Use the
popitem()
method to remove the last element.
Solution
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