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Python Lecture 6

The document provides an overview of Python sets, describing them as unordered, unchangeable collections that do not allow duplicates. It explains various operations on sets, including adding, merging, removing items, and different methods for joining sets such as union, intersection, and symmetric difference. Additionally, it highlights the use of the update() method to merge sets with other iterable objects.

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Python Lecture 6

The document provides an overview of Python sets, describing them as unordered, unchangeable collections that do not allow duplicates. It explains various operations on sets, including adding, merging, removing items, and different methods for joining sets such as union, intersection, and symmetric difference. Additionally, it highlights the use of the update() method to merge sets with other iterable objects.

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Course Code: CSE 0613 2203B

Course Title: Introduction to Programming with


Python

Md. Shymon Islam


Lecturer
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet
Python Sets
• Sets are used to store multiple items in a single variable.

• Set is one of 4 built-in data types in Python used to store collections of


data, the other 3 are List, Tuple, and Dictionary, all with different
qualities and usage.

• A set is a collection which is unordered, unchangeable, unindexed


and duplicates not allowed.
Python Sets
Sets are written with curly brackets.
Sets Example

True and 1 are same in set.

False and 0 are same in set.


Access Set Items
Use any loop to access each elements.
Add Set Items
To add one item to a set use the add() method.
Merge Two Sets
To merge two sets to a set use the update() method.
Merge Sets with Other Collection (Arrays)
The object in the update() method does not have to be a set, it can be
any iterable object (tuples, lists, dictionaries etc.).
Remove Set Items
To remove an item in a set, use the remove() method or discard()
method.
Join Sets
There are several ways to join two or more sets in Python.

• The union() and update() methods joins all items from both sets.
• The intersection() method keeps ONLY the duplicates.
• The difference() method keeps the items from the first set that are not
in the other set(s).
• The symmetric_difference() method keeps all items EXCEPT the
duplicates.
Union Method
The union() method returns a new set with all items from both sets.
Union (Join Multiple Sets)
Join a Set and a Tuple
Intersection Method
The intersection() method will return a new set, that only contains the
items that are present in both sets.
Symmetric Difference Method
The symmetric_difference() method will will keep only the elements
that are NOT present in both sets.

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