On Aug 16, 3:35 pm, beginner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> In perl it is just one line: $a=$b->{"A"} ||={}.
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a = b.setdefault('A', {})
This combines all two actions together:
- Sets b['A'] to {} if it is not already defined
- Assigns b['A'] to a
More info on dict methods here:
http://docs.python.org/lib/typesmapping.html
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