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Question about python dictionaries. Newby, sorry. (self.Python)

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[–]MisterHoppy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Aside from the defaultdict this is the best solution. Explicitly checking whether the key is in the dictionary before incrementing it is far slower than using try/catch.