python release memory code example

Example 1: python clear memory

a = 10
print a 

del a       
print a      ## throws an error here because it's been deleted already.

Example 2: python memory usage

import sys
a, b, c,d = "abcde" ,"xy", 2, 15.06
print(sys.getsizeof(a))
print(sys.getsizeof(b))
print(sys.getsizeof(c))
print(sys.getsizeof(d))

#Running the above code gives us the following result
38
35
24
24

Example 3: python memory usage

import sys 
variable = 30 
print(sys.getsizeof(variable)) # 24