How would you remove all the items from the d dictionary? Expected output: `` {} ` Code: `python d = {'A' : 1, 'B' : 2, 'C' : 3} ``

Question

{}

d = {'A' : 1, 'B' : 2, 'C' : 3}

Options

• Ad.del()
• Bd.remove()
• Cdel d
• Dd.clear()

• A
  4% (1)
• B
  14% (4)
• C
  7% (2)
• D
  75% (21)

Explanation

d.clear() is the correct method because it empties the dictionary in place, leaving the original object intact but with no key-value pairs - exactly producing {}.

• A (d.del()) - no such method exists on dictionaries; this raises AttributeError.
• B (d.remove()) - also nonexistent on dicts; remove() exists on lists, not dictionaries.
• C (del d) - this deletes the variable itself from the namespace entirely, so d would no longer exist at all rather than becoming {}.

Memory tip: Think of .clear() like clearing a whiteboard - the board (the dictionary object) is still there, just wiped clean. del d throws the whole whiteboard away.

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