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Python program to create an empty dictionary

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In Python programming language, a dictionary is a collection of an unordered collection of data values in the form of key-value pair.

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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

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