operator [] method
String operator [](Returns the value for the given key or null if key is not in the map.
Some maps allows keys to have null as a value, For those maps, a lookup using this operator does cannot be used to distinguish between a key not being in the map, and the key having a null value. Methods like containsKey or putIfAbsent can be use if the distinction is important.
Source
String operator [](Object key) => _getItem(key);
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