[Programming] Am I the only one...?

I really hate Python at dictionaries there though. dict[key] raises KeyError when key is missing. asdf.

There's a way around that.

value = dict.get(keyName, defaultValue)

So...

Dict = {'1':'my value'}
value = Dict.get('1', 'NULL') #Returns 'my value'
value = Dict.get('2', 'NULL') #Returns 'NULL'

Or you can do...

Code:

if key in Dict:
   #Do something
else:
   #do something else

No try/except required.

ALL Python code I write has try/catch exceptions as a last resort because I consider it to be poor programming.