modify dictionary while iterating

[Ben Finney]

s99999999s2003 at yahoo.com wrote:
> I wish to pop/del some items out of dictionary while iterating over
> it.

Iterate over a copy.

    a_orig = { 'a': 1, 'b': 2 }
    a = dict(a_orig)
    for k, v in a_orig.iteritems():
        if v == 2:
            del a[k]

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