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
