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--- title: .Get description: Accesses positional and ordered parameters in shortcode declaration. godocref: date: 2017-02-01 publishdate: 2017-02-01 lastmod: 2017-02-01 categories: [functions] menu: docs: parent: "functions" keywords: [shortcodes] signature: [".Get INDEX", ".Get KEY"] workson: [] hugoversion: relatedfuncs: [] deprecated: false aliases: [] needsexample: true --- `.Get` is specifically used when creating your own [shortcode template][sc], to access the [positional and named](/templates/shortcode-templates/#positional-vs-named-parameters) parameters passed to it. When used with a numeric INDEX, it queries positional parameters (starting with 0). With a string KEY, it queries named parameters. When accessing a named parameter that does not exist, `.Get` returns an empty string instead of interrupting the build. The same goes with positional parameters in hugo version 0.40 and after. This allows you to chain `.Get` with `if`, `with`, `default` or `cond` to check for parameter existence. For example, you may now use: ``` {{ $quality := default "100" (.Get 1) }} ``` [sc]: /templates/shortcode-templates/