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Idiom #140 Delete map entry

Delete from map m the entry having key k.

Explain what happens if k is not an existing key in m.

use std::collections::HashMap;
m.remove(&k);

Returns the value at the key if the key was previously in the map, and 'None' otherwise.
(dissoc m k)

Returns a new map without the key k. If k doesn't exist the original map is returned unaltered.
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m.remove(&k);
(dissoc m k)
m.erase(k);

map.Remove(key);
m.remove(k);
Map myMap = {};
myMap.remove(key)
m = Map.delete(m, k)
delete(m, k)
delete k m
m.delete(k)
map.remove(k);
m[k]=nil
unset($m[k]);
m.delete(k);
delete $m{$k}; # also succeeds when $k does not exist in %m
m.pop(k, None)
m.delete(k)
m - k
m -= k