ee.Dictionary.get

  • The get method extracts a named value from a dictionary.

  • If the specified key is not found in the dictionary, a default value is returned, unless the default value is null.

  • The method requires the dictionary itself, a string key , and an optional defaultValue of type Object.

Extracts a named value from a dictionary. If the dictionary does not contain the given key, then defaultValue is returned, unless it is null.
Usage Returns
Dictionary. get (key, defaultValue ) Object
Argument Type Details
this: dictionary
Dictionary
key
String
defaultValue
Object, default: null

Examples

Code Editor (JavaScript)

 // A dictionary (e.g. results of ee.Image.reduceRegion of an S2 image). 
 var 
  
 dict 
  
 = 
  
 ee 
 . 
 Dictionary 
 ({ 
  
 B1 
 : 
  
 182 
 , 
  
 B2 
 : 
  
 219 
 , 
  
 B3 
 : 
  
 443 
 }); 
 print 
 ( 
 'Value for "B1" key' 
 , 
  
 dict 
 . 
 get 
 ( 
 'B1' 
 )); 
 // Set a default value for the case where the key does not exist. 
 print 
 ( 
 'Value for nonexistent "Band_1" key' 
 , 
  
 dict 
 . 
 get 
 ({ 
 key 
 : 
  
 'Band_1' 
 , 
  
 defaultValue 
 : 
  
 - 
 9999 
 })); 

Python setup

See the Python Environment page for information on the Python API and using geemap for interactive development.

 import 
  
 ee 
 import 
  
 geemap.core 
  
 as 
  
 geemap 

Colab (Python)

 # A dictionary (e.g. results of ee.Image.reduceRegion of an S2 image). 
 dic 
 = 
 ee 
 . 
 Dictionary 
 ({ 
 'B1' 
 : 
 182 
 , 
 'B2' 
 : 
 219 
 , 
 'B3' 
 : 
 443 
 }) 
 display 
 ( 
 'Value for "B1" key:' 
 , 
 dic 
 . 
 get 
 ( 
 'B1' 
 )) 
 # Set a default value for the case where the key does not exist. 
 display 
 ( 
 'Value for nonexistent "Band_1" key:' 
 , 
 dic 
 . 
 get 
 ( 
 ** 
 { 
 'key' 
 : 
 'Band_1' 
 , 
 'defaultValue' 
 : 
 - 
 9999 
 })) 
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