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Function Details: popitem

Description

Removes and return a (key, value) pair as a 2-tuple.

Extended Description

The popitem() method removes and returns an arbitrary (key, value) pair from the dictionary as a tuple. In Python 3.7+, popitem() removes the last inserted item, making dictionaries effectively ordered. If the dictionary is empty, popitem() raises a KeyError. This method is useful when you need to destructively iterate over a dictionary.

Function Signature

dict.popitem() -> Tuple[Any, Any]

Module: dict

Class: dictionary

Parameters

Return

Returns a tuple containing the (key, value) pair that was removed from the dictionary.

Return Type

Tuple

Output

Explanation

This example shows how to use popitem() to remove and return a (key, value) pair from the dictionary.