I'm working with APIs that split out variable keys. Right now, I deal with this using a "try" but it looks super ugly, takes up four lines and I'm sure there must be a better way.
try:
address = location['address']
except:
address = ''
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`location.get('address', '')`. – Martijn Pieters Apr 20 '15 at 10:36
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Also, don't use blanket exceptions. The exception thrown here is `KeyError`, so `except KeyError` would allow you to see memory errors, keyboard interrupts, generator exits and name errors still. – Martijn Pieters Apr 20 '15 at 10:37
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can you do nested gets? for example: venue.get(location.get('address',''),'') – David Bailey Apr 20 '15 at 10:41
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Sure you can, `dict.get()` is just a method call that returns an object, you can feed that object into another method call. – Martijn Pieters Apr 20 '15 at 10:45