Merge pull request #38 from boutproject/DataFile-get-method

DataFile.get() method
boutproject · Mar 14, 2022 · c94705f · c94705f
2 parents f7b8b59 + 1a6e635
commit c94705f
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diff --git a/boututils/datafile.py b/boututils/datafile.py
@@ -314,6 +314,12 @@ def read_file_attribute(self, name):
     def write_file_attribute(self, name, value):
         return self.impl.write_file_attribute(name, value)
 
+    def get(self, name, default=None):
+        if default is None or name in self.keys():
+            return self[name]
+        else:
+            return default
+
     def __getitem__(self, name):
         return self.impl.__getitem__(name)