Python 2.7 quick reference |  |
Python 2.7 quick reference | |
The purpose of the del statement is to
delete things. The general form is:
delL0,L1, ...
where each Li
A name. For example, the statement
del i, j
causes names i and j to
become unbound, that is,
undefined.
An element or slice from a list. For example:
del L[5], M[-2:]
would delete the sixth element of list L and the last two elements of list M.
One entry in a dictionary. For example, if
D is a dictionary,
del D['color']
would delete from D the entry for key
'color'.