Dictionnary

• Safe access
  • Simple method
  • Simpler methode

Safe access

Simple method

Which means that safely accessing entries requires something like:

if a.has_key(k):
	do something with a[k]
else:
	do whatever is needed if there is no a[k]

- Christopher Browne

Simpler methode

dosomething(a.get(k,some_default))

is often handier. - Alex Martelli

Version : 1.65 Mise à jour : 11/11/00