Method get

recipes/Python/579113_defdict/recipe-579113.py:198–209

Behaves like standard dict.get, but uses value in _default attribute if no default parameter specified. >>> dd = DefDict({'a': 10}, 0) >>> dd.get('a'), dd.get('b'), dd.get('b', 11) (10, 0, 11) >>> print dd {'a': 10}

(self, key, *args)

        return dict.__getitem__(self, key)  #may wish to allow dd[key] to insert key in dd with default value

    def get(self, key, *args):
        """Behaves like standard dict.get, but uses value in _default attribute 
        if no default parameter specified.

        >>> dd = DefDict({'a': 10}, 0)
        >>> dd.get('a'), dd.get('b'), dd.get('b', 11)
        (10, 0, 11)
        >>> print dd
        {'a': 10}
        """
        if not args: args = (self._default,)
        return dict.get(self, key, *args)

    def copy(self):
        """Return shallow copy of dictionary.