an>)</code></pre><p>To read the values in a data structure, use the <code class="mendoza-code">get</code> function. The first
parameter is the data structure itself, and the second parameter is the key. An
optional third paramter can be used to specify a default if the value is not
found.
</p>
<pre class="mendoza-codeblock"><code data-language="janet">(<span class="mdzsyn-coresym">get</span> @{<span class="mdzsyn-keyword">:a</span> <span class="mdzsyn-number">1</span>} <span class="mdzsyn-keyword">:a</span>