Python program to create an empty dictionary

1) Creating an empty dictionary using {}

An empty dictionary can be created by using the curly braces ({}) without assigning any values.

Syntax:

dictionary_name = {}

Program:

# Python program to create an empty dictionary

# creating an empty dictionary
dict_a = {}

# printing the dictionary
print("dict_a :", dict_a)

# printing the length
print("Total elements: ", len(dict_a))

Output:

dict_a : {}
Total elements:  0

2) Creating an empty dictionary using the dict() method

The dict() method is used to create a dictionary, it can also be used to create an empty dictionary.

Syntax:

dictionary_name = dict()

Program:

# Python program to create an empty dictionary

# creating an empty dictionary
dict_a = dict()

# printing the dictionary
print("dict_a :", dict_a)

# printing the length
print("Total elements: ", len(dict_a))

Output:

dict_a : {}
Total elements:  0