if( result = function()) in Python - or reference arguments?

[Olav]

effbot at pythonware.com wrote:

> olav wrote:
> > A beginners question:
> >
> > I have a function:
> > def get_attr( _attrs, _key ):

>
> Note that you're emulating a standard dictionary
> method here.  Use _attrs.get(key) instead.

Thanks! _ I didn't know that

>
> > How can I do this in Python?
>
> Press the return key:
>
>    attr = attrs.get("title")
>    if attr:

The whole idea was to get it on one line!

I actually would use it with elif, so it will be three lines instead of
one!

Olav
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