contacts = {
"tom": "122-444-333",
"jim": "412-1231-121",
"ron": "8912-121-1212",
"jake": "333-1881-121"
}
copy_contacts = contacts.copy()
contacts.clear() # delete all the elements of a dictionary
print(contacts)
print(copy_contacts) # however, copy_contacts still contains a copy of the original dictionary object