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

[Lawrence Oluyede]

beginner <zyzhu2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'd like to do the following in more succint code:
> 
> if k in b:
>     a=b[k]
> else:
>     a={}
>     b[k]=a

b.setdefault(k, a)

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