d = {'key':'value',}
# how you might write a test to pull out
# the value of key from d
if d.has_key('key'):
print d['key']
else:
print 'not found'
# a much simpler syntax
print d.get('key', 'not found')
print d.get('foo', 'not found')
d = {'key':'value',}
# how you might write a test to pull out
# the value of key from d
if d.has_key('key'):
print d['key']
else:
print 'not found'
# a much simpler syntax
print d.get('key', 'not found')
print d.get('foo', 'not found')