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Nested dictionaries, get, setdefault, and update

Nested dictionaries represent hierarchical data, and helper methods like `get`, `setdefault`, and `update` make access and merging cleaner.

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Nested dictionaries, get, setdefault, and update

Nested dictionaries represent hierarchical data, and helper methods like `get`, `setdefault`, and `update` make access and merging cleaner.

  • get avoids immediate KeyError
  • setdefault initializes missing keys
  • update merges another mapping in place

Nested dictionaries, get, setdefault, and update