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ee.Dictionary.getString

  • ThegetString method extracts a named string value from a dictionary.

  • It takes a dictionary and a string key as arguments and returns a string value.

  • Examples are provided for usage in both JavaScript and Python environments.

 Extracts a named string value from a dictionary.

UsageReturns
Dictionary.getString(key)String
ArgumentTypeDetails
this:dictionaryDictionary
keyString

Examples

Code Editor (JavaScript)

// A dictionary (e.g. results of ee.Image.reduceRegion of an S2 image).vardict=ee.Dictionary({B1:182,B2:219,B3:443,Region:'The Forest of Nisene Marks State Park'});print('The "Region" value as an ee.String object',dict.getString('Region'));

Python setup

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

importeeimportgeemap.coreasgeemap

Colab (Python)

# A dictionary (e.g. results of ee.Image.reduceRegion of an S2 image).dic=ee.Dictionary({'B1':182,'B2':219,'B3':443,'Region':'The Forest of Nisene Marks State Park'})display('The "Region" value as an ee.String object:',dic.getString('Region'))

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Last updated 2023-10-06 UTC.