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> I could write those checks in Python as well, but they are optional You're probably going to need to check `value_I_want` though. So maybe the checks aren't

• dheera 6y ago
  Checks in Python are pretty concise. If you just want to have a default value if the key my_value doesn't exist, this is all you need: value_I_want = some_dict.get('my_value', default_value) If you want a more strict check including type checking: value_I_want = some_dict.get('my_value') if type(value_I_want) is not str: do_something() In Java the real problem is nested JSON objects -- it's a real PITA to read those. You can't do something like this (Python): value = some_dict.get("foo", {}).get("bar", {}).get("blah", default_value)
  • teekert 6y ago
    I believe one can even do: value_I_want = some_dict.get('my_value':str) and value = some_dict["foo"]["bar"]["blah"]