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Sets

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Error/
Information Flashback Class Exercise
Warning

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Python Sets
Creation, Functions, Methods

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Set Creation

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Set

● Sets are very similar to list & tuple data structures


● Used to store multiple values in a single variable
● Sets are unordered collections of homogeneous or heterogeneous elements
● Sets do not allow duplicates
● Set items cannot be changed. You can add new items or remove existing items

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Set
Set supports operations like union, intersection, difference & symmetric difference

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Set

Create a set using { }.

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Set

Note how sets ignore duplicate values.

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TRY IT

Consider the list: [12, 45, 65, 65, 87, 98, 65]

Convert the above list to a set type object.

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TRY IT

Create a blank set. Check the type of the object using the type() function.

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Built-in Functions

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len()

Counting the number of elements in a set

Notice the number of elements printed for


a set created with duplicate items

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max()

Get the maximum value from a set

Numeric
values

Character
values

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min()

Get the minimum value from a list

Numeric
values

Character
values

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Set Methods

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Add elements to a set

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Delete elements from a set

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Difference between remove() and discard() method

Note: The discard() method does not


throw an error if the element does not
exist in the set object
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Delete arbitrary element from a set

Note: The pop() method does not take any


input parameters. Delete an element
arbitrarily.

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Delete a set

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Set operations : union

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Set operations : intersection

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Set operations : difference

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Set operations : symmetric difference

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We learnt the collection objects...

List Tuple Dictionary Set

Create using [] () {} {}

Index using [] [] [key]

Editable

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Thank You

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