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The get() method on Python dicts and its "default" arg
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getMethod.py
# The get() method on dicts
# and its "default" argument
name_for_userid = {
382: "Alice",
590: "Bob",
951: "Dilbert",
}
def greeting(userid):
return "Hi %s!" % name_for_userid.get(userid, "there")
greeting(382) ## "Hi Alice!"
greeting(333333) ## "Hi there!"
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