Python Dictionary get() Method

Description

Python The dictionary method get() returns the value for a given key. If the key is not available, it returns the default value of None.

Syntax

The following is the syntax of the get() method:

dict.get(key, default = None)

Parameters

• key − This is the key to search for in the dictionary.

• default − The value to return if the key does not exist.

Return Value

This method returns the value for the given key. If the key is not available, the default value of None is returned.

Example

The following example shows the usage of the fromkeys() method.

dict = {'Name': 'Zabra', 'Age': 7}
print "Value : %s" % dict.get('Age')
print "Value : %s" % dict.get('Education', "Never")

When we run the above program, we get the following output −

Value : 7
Value : Never