using get() to return default values from a dictionary

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user_ids = {
    "John": 12,
    "Anna": 2,
    "Jack": 10
}

# bad practice

name = "Paul"

if name in user_ids:
    user_id = user_ids[name]
else:
    user_id = None

# good practice

user_id = user_ids.get(name, None)
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