Python dictionary (Dictionary) setdefault () method

description

Python dictionary (Dictionary) setdefault () function and get () method is similar, if the key does not already exist in the dictionary, it will be add keys and values to the default values.

grammar

setdefault () method syntax:

dict.setdefault(key, default=None)

parameter

• key - to find the key.
• default - default key when the key does not exist setup.

return value

This method has no return value.

Examples

The following example shows setdefault () function to use:

#!/usr/bin/python

dict = {'Name': 'Zara', 'Age': 7}

print "Value : %s" %  dict.setdefault('Age', None)
print "Value : %s" %  dict.setdefault('Sex', None)

The above example output is:

Value : 7
Value : None