In [1]:
d = {'key1': 'val1', 'key2': 'val2', 'key3': 'val3'}

In [2]:
print(d['key1'])


val1

In [3]:
# print(d['key4'])
# KeyError: 'key4'

In [4]:
d['key4'] = 'val4'
print(d)


{'key1': 'val1', 'key2': 'val2', 'key3': 'val3', 'key4': 'val4'}

In [5]:
print(d.get('key1'))


val1

In [6]:
print(d.get('key5'))


None

In [7]:
print(d.get('key5', 'NO KEY'))


NO KEY

In [8]:
print(d.get('key5', 100))


100

In [9]:
print(d)


{'key1': 'val1', 'key2': 'val2', 'key3': 'val3', 'key4': 'val4'}