Python - Loop Through List and Remove from Dictionary

Question

My goal is to simply loop through a string, look up each character in the keys of a dictionary, and remove that key. This is what I have now:

def m(z,word):
    for char in word:
        if char in z:
            z = z.pop(char)      
        else:
            return False
    print True
    return z

print m({'m':1,'y':2,'z':3},'my')

I understand the error "argument of type 'int' is not iterable," but I'm not clear on the most straightforward way of correcting this.

Answer 1

z.pop(char) removes the key char and returns the corresponing value. Replace

z = z.pop(char)  

with

z.pop(char)  

or use del z[char] .