PythonSets
myset = "'apple", "banana", "cherry"}
Set
Sets are used to store multiple items in asingle 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.
Aset is a collection which is unordered, unchangeable", and unindexed.
* Note: Set items are unchangeable, but you can remove items and add new items.
Sets are written with curly brackets.
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Create a Set:
thisset = {('apple","banana","cherry'"}
print(thisset)
Note: Sets are unordered, so you cannot be sure in which order the items will appear.
Set Items
Set items are unordered, unchangeable, and do not allow duplicate values.
Unordered
Unordered means that the items in a set do not have a defined order.
Set items can appear in a different order every time you use them,and cannot be referred
to by index or key.
Unchangeable
Set items are unchangeable,meaning that we cannot change the items after the set has
been created.
Once a set is created, you cannot change its items, but you can remove items and add
new items.
Duplicates Not AIlowed
Sets cannot have two items with the same value.
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Example
Duplicate values will be ignored:
thisset = "'apple", "banana", "cherry","apple")
print(thisset)
are treated as
Note: The values True and 1 are considered the same value in sets, and
duplicates:
Example
True and 1 is considered the same value:
thisset = "apple", "banana", "cherry", True, 1,2}
print(thisset)
are treated as
Note: The values False and o are considered the same value in sets, and
duplicates:
Example
False and o is considered the same value:
thisset = {"'apple","banana", "cherry", False, True, 0}
print(thisset)
Get the Length of a Set
To determine how many items a set has, use the len() function.
Example
Get the number of items in a set:
thisset = {'apple", "banana",'"cherry"}
print(len(thisset)
Set ltems - Data Types
Set items can be of any data type:
Example
String, int and boolean data types:
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sett ="apple", "banana", "cherry"}
set2 = {1, 5,7, 9, 3}
set3 =(True, False, False}
A set can contain different data types:
Example
A
set with strings, integers and boolean values:
set1 ='abc'", 34, True, 40, "male")
type()
From Python's perspective,sets are defined as objects with the data type 'set:
<class 'set'>
Example
What is the data type of a set?
myset = {"'apple", "banana", "cherry'"}
print(type(myset)
The set() Constructor
It is also possible to use the set() constructor to make a set.
Example
Using the set() constructor to make a set:
thisset =set(("'apple", "banana", "cherry") # note the double round-brackets
print(thisset)