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setdefault sets the value corresponding to the given key if it is not already in the dictionary


# when the key is missing, setdefault returns the default and updates the dictionary accordingly. 


d = {}
d.setdefault('name', 'N/A')
d['name'] = 'Gumby'
d.setdefault('name', 'N/A')
print d

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setdefault sets the value corresponding to the given key if it is not already in the dictionary : Setdefault : Dictionary PYTHON TUTORIALS

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