How do you delete a whole dictionary in python?

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The clear() method removes all items from the dictionary.

Syntax:

dict.clear()

Parameters:

The clear() method doesn't take any parameters.

Returns:

The clear() method doesn't return any value.

Examples:

Input : d = {1: "geeks", 2: "for"}
        d.clear()
Output : d = {}

Error:

As we are not passing any parameters there
is no chance for any error.

text = {1: "geeks", 2: "for"}

text.clear()

print('text =', text)

Output:

text = {}

How is it different from assigning {} to a dictionary?
Please refer the below code to see the difference. When we assign {} to a dictionary, a new empty dictionary is created and assigned to the reference. But when we do clear on a dictionary reference, the actual dictionary content is removed, so all references referring to the dictionary become empty.

text1 = {1: "geeks", 2: "for"}

text2 = text1

text1.clear()

print('After removing items using clear()')

print('text1 =', text1)

print('text2 =', text2)

text1 = {1: "one", 2: "two"}

text2 = text1

text1 = {}

print('After removing items by assigning {}')

print('text1 =', text1)

print('text2 =', text2)

Output:

After removing items using clear()
text1 = {}
text2 = {}
After removing items by assigning {}
text1 = {}
text2 = {1: 'one', 2: 'two'}