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dict

>>> dir(dict)
['__class__', '__class_getitem__', '__contains__', '__delattr__', '__delitem__', '__dir__', '__doc__', '__eq__', '__format__', '__ge__', '__getattribute__', '__getitem__', '__gt__', '__hash__', '__init__', '__init_subclass__', '__ior__', '__iter__', '__le__', '__len__', '__lt__', '__ne__', '__new__', '__or__', '__reduce__', '__reduce_ex__', '__repr__', '__reversed__', '__ror__', '__setattr__', '__setitem__', '__sizeof__', '__str__', '__subclasshook__', 'clear', 'copy', 'fromkeys', 'get', 'items', 'keys', 'pop', 'popitem', 'setdefault', 'update', 'values']

Dunder methods

Dunder MethodOperationExample (normal syntax)Example (dunder call)
__getitem__Access valued["a"]1d.__getitem__("a")
__setitem__Set key/valued["b"] = 2d.__setitem__("b", 2)
__delitem__Delete keydel d["a"]d.__delitem__("a")
__contains__Membership"a" in dd.__contains__("a")
__len__Lengthlen(d)d.__len__()
__iter__Iterate keysfor k in dit = d.__iter__(); next(it)
__eq__Equality{"a":1} == {"a":1}{"a":1}.__eq__({"a":1})