Re: How to say $a=$b->{"A"} ||={} in Python?

beginner wrote:
Hi All.

I'd like to do the following in more succint code:

if k in b:
a=b[k]
else:
a={}
b[k]=a

a['A']=1


In perl it is just one line: $a=$b->{"A"} ||={}.


I'm afraid you've asked a non sequiter:

euler 40% cat test.pl

$a=$b->{"A"} ||={} ;
print "$a\n" ;

$b->{"B"} = 0 ;
$a=$b->{"B"} ||={} ;
print "$a\n" ;

$b->{"X"} = 15 ;
$a=$b->{"X"} ||={} ;
print "$a\n" ;

euler 41% perl test.pl
HASH(0x92662a0)
HASH(0x926609c)
15


James

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