james_027 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in news:1186036331.304916.304020
@e9g2000prf.googlegroups.com:
> hi
>
> for example I have this dictionary
>
> dict = {'name':'james', 'language':'english'}
>
> value = 'sex' in dict and dict['sex'] or 'unknown'
>
> is a right pythonic of doing this one? I am trying to get a value from
> the dict, but if the key doesn't exist I will provide one.
>
> THanks
> james
>
Same question discussed at large not far ago:
subject: "Pythonic way of missing dict keys" [1]
bests,
./alex
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[1]
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/175eb4
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