[Python-Dev] Retrieve an arbitrary element from a set without removing it

Chris Bergstresser chris at subtlety.com
Tue Oct 27 18:33:29 CET 2009


On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 11:06 AM, Georg Brandl <g.brandl at gmx.net> wrote:
> Sorry to nitpick, but there is no list.get().

   No?  How ... odd.  I guess it wouldn't have come up, but I was sure
there was a .get method which took an optional default parameter if
the index didn't exist, mirroring the dict method.  Still, I think my
point stands--it's a clear extrapolation from the existing dict.get().

-- Chris


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