Is there a built-in method in python that lets you specify a "default" value that will be returned whenever you try to access a list item that is out of bounds? Basically, it would be a function like this:
def item(x,index,default): try: return x[index] except IndexError: return default So if a=[0,1,2,3], then item(a,0,44)=0, item(a,1,44)=1, and item(a, 1000,44)=44, item(a,-1000,44)=44 What I want to know is whether there is a built-in method or notation for this. What if, for example, we could do something like a [1000,44] ? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list