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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def get(self, key, default=miss):
 """Return the value for given key if it exists."""

        if key not in self._dict:
            return default

        # invokes __getitem__, which updates the item
        return self[key]