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+#Creation of a dictionary
+dict = {'Name': 'Zara', 'Age': 7, 'Class': 'First'}
+print ("dict['Name']: ", dict['Name'])
+print ("dict['Age']: ", dict['Age'])
+
+#which will give the result as
+#dict['Name']:  Zara
+#dict['Age']:  7
+
+#Updating a dictionary
+
+dict = {'Name': 'Zara', 'Age': 7, 'Class': 'First'}
+dict['Age'] = 8; # update existing entry
+dict['School'] = "DPS School" # Add new entry
+
+print ("dict['Age']: ", dict['Age'])
+print ("dict['School']: ", dict['School'])
+
+#which will give as result
+#dict['Age']:  8
+#dict['School']:  DPS School
+
+#Deletion of a dictionary
+dict = {'Name': 'Zara', 'Age': 7, 'Class': 'First'}
+
+del dict['Name'] # remove entry with key 'Name'
+dict.clear()     # remove all entries in dict
+del (dict)         # delete entire dictionary