popitem(): remove the last item of a Dictionary in Python

The popitem() method removes the last item inserted in a dictionary.

The method returns the removed item as a tuple.

In this example, a have a dictionary named people with three items, 'Sarah':32 is the last one.

When I use popitem() in the dictionary, the item corresponding to ‘Sarah’ is removed.

people = {'Bob':30, 'Mary':25, 'Sarah':32}

person = people.popitem()

print(person)

print(people)

('Sarah', 32)
{'Bob': 30, 'Mary': 25}

To learn more about dictionaries, read this post Python Dictionary: a quick reference.