[3.13] gh-116488: Mention dict.get in the data structures tutorial (GH-139643) (GH-139656)

gh-116488: Mention `dict.get` in the data structures tutorial (GH-139643)
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@ -512,8 +512,12 @@ dictionary; this is also the way dictionaries are written on output.
The main operations on a dictionary are storing a value with some key and
extracting the value given the key. It is also possible to delete a key:value
pair with ``del``. If you store using a key that is already in use, the old
value associated with that key is forgotten. It is an error to extract a value
using a non-existent key.
value associated with that key is forgotten.
Extracting a value for a non-existent key by subscripting (``d[key]``) raises a
:exc:`KeyError`. To avoid getting this error when trying to access a possibly
non-existent key, use the :meth:`~dict.get` method instead, which returns
``None`` (or a specified default value) if the key is not in the dictionary.
Performing ``list(d)`` on a dictionary returns a list of all the keys
used in the dictionary, in insertion order (if you want it sorted, just use
@ -528,6 +532,12 @@ Here is a small example using a dictionary::
{'jack': 4098, 'sape': 4139, 'guido': 4127}
>>> tel['jack']
4098
>>> tel['irv']
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
KeyError: 'irv'
>>> print(tel.get('irv'))
None
>>> del tel['sape']
>>> tel['irv'] = 4127
>>> tel