python playground del deleting list or dictionary item.txt

How To/python/

#!python
 
"""
deleting items from list causes reindexing
"""
myList = ["item: a", "item: b", "item: c", "item: d"]
print myList[2]
#item: c
del myList[1]
print myList[2]
#item: d
 
"""
delecting from dictionary
"""
myDict = {"a":"item a", "b":"item b", "c":"item c"}
print myDict
# {"a":"item a", "b":"item b", "c":"item c"}
del myDict["a"]
print myDict
# {"b":"item b", "c":"item c"}