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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.

delete $m{$k}; # also succeeds when $k does not exist in %m
(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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