How to add or increment a dictionary entry?

Question

I\'m currently re-engaging with Python after a long absence and loving it. However, I find myself coming across a pattern over and over. I keep thinking that there must be a

Answer 1

I did some time comparisons. Pretty much equal. The one-lined .get() command is fastest, though.

Output:

get 0.543551800627
exception 0.587318710994
haskey 0.598421703081

Code:

import timeit
import random

RANDLIST = [random.randint(0, 1000) for i in range(10000)]

def get():
    foo = {}
    for bar in RANDLIST:
        foo[bar] = foo.get(bar, 0) + 1


def exception():
    foo = {}
    for bar in RANDLIST:
        try:
            foo[bar] += 1
        except KeyError:
            foo[bar] = 1


def haskey():
    foo = {}
    for bar in RANDLIST:
        if foo.has_key(bar):
            foo[bar] += 1
        else:
            foo[bar] = 1


def main():
    print 'get', timeit.timeit('get()', 'from __main__ import get', number=100)
    print 'exception', timeit.timeit('exception()', 'from __main__ import exception', number=100)
    print 'haskey', timeit.timeit('haskey()', 'from __main__ import haskey', number=100)


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()