Complete the function to remove a dictionary item if it exists

Question

#Task 11

# Complete the function to remove a dictionary item if it exists

def removeDictItem(mydict, key):

# expected output: {'tomato': 'red', 'lime': 'green'}

print(removeDictItem({'tomato': 'red', 'banana': 'yellow', 'lime': 'green'} , 'banana'))

# expected output: {'Brazil': 'Brasilia', 'Ireland': 'Dublin', 'Indonesia': 'Jakarta'}

print(removeDictItem({'Brazil': 'Brasilia', 'Ireland': 'Dublin', 'Indonesia': 'Jakarta'},'Cameroon'))

Answer 1

Hi Alwin,

Here's how I would do it in Python:

def removeDictItem(mydict, key):

if key in mydict:

del mydict[key]

return mydict

Because you are printing the results of a function call in your example, the function would need to return 'mydict'