def METHOD_NAME(self, key, default=None, /):
    """Return the value for key if key is in the columns, else default.
    Parameters
    ----------
    key : `str`, positional-only
        The name of the column to look for.
    default : `object`, optional, positional-only
        The value to return if the ``key`` is not among the columns.
    Returns
    -------
    `object`
        The value in the ``key`` column of the row if present,
        ``default`` otherwise.
    Examples
    --------
    >>> from astropy.table import Table
    >>> t = Table({"a": [2, 3, 5], "b": [7, 11, 13]})
    >>> t[0].get("a")
    2
    >>> t[1].get("b", 0)
    11
    >>> t[2].get("c", 0)
    0
    """
    return self[key] if key in self._table.columns else default