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The safest way I practice to access dictionary lookup = dict() is
if key in lookup: #do lookup[key] operationson the contrary
if key not in lookup: #print error or handle it #then proceed with lookup[key] operations
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Although this is more of a google search question rather than SO question
2026-01-20T06:49:40.72Z+00:00
This answer is correct, but like many other "basic" Python questions, it's readily available on other Stack Overflow questions. The best option for this kind of question is generally to flag as a duplicate rather than post a new answer.
2026-01-20T06:51:23.14Z+00:00
