examples/dictionary/delete.py
from __future__ import print_function user = { 'fname': 'Foo', 'lname': 'Bar', 'email': 'foo@bar.com', } print(user) # {'lname': 'Bar', 'email': 'foo@bar.com', 'fname': 'Foo'} del user['fname'] print(user) # {'lname': 'Bar', 'email': 'foo@bar.com'} lname_was = user.pop('lname') print(lname_was) # Bar print(user) # {'email': 'foo@bar.com'}