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Python Sets: Definition, Methods & Examples

A set in Python is an unordered collection of unique elements, defined using curly braces, and supports operations such as union, intersection, and difference. Sets are mutable, do not allow duplicate values, and do not support indexing. The document also includes examples of set operations and methods, as well as a task to demonstrate these concepts with Python code.

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Python Sets: Definition, Methods & Examples

A set in Python is an unordered collection of unique elements, defined using curly braces, and supports operations such as union, intersection, and difference. Sets are mutable, do not allow duplicate values, and do not support indexing. The document also includes examples of set operations and methods, as well as a task to demonstrate these concepts with Python code.

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SET

Definition:
A set is an unordered collection of unique elements in Python, written using curly braces {}.

🔹 Key Points

 Elements are unordered

 Duplicate values are not allowed

 Sets are mutable (elements can be added or removed)

 Sets do not support indexing or slicing

🔹 Example

s = {10, 20, 30, 20}

print(s)

Output:

{10, 20, 30}

(Duplicate value 20 is removed)

🔹 Difference Between List and Tuple

Feature List Tuple

Brackets [] ()

Mutable Yes No

Speed Slower Faster

SET OPERATORS (with data & example)

1️⃣ Union (|)

Meaning: Combines elements from both sets (no duplicates)

Data:

A = {1, 2, 3}

B = {3, 4, 5}

Example:
print(A | B)

Output:

{1, 2, 3, 4, 5}

2️⃣ Intersection (&)

Meaning: Common elements in both sets

print(A & B)

Output:

{3}

3️⃣ Difference (-)

Meaning: Elements present in first set but not in second

print(A - B)

Output:

{1, 2}

4️⃣ Symmetric Difference (^)

Meaning: Elements present in either set but not in both

print(A ^ B)

Output:

{1, 2, 4, 5}

5️⃣ Membership (in, not in)

print(2 in A)

print(6 not in A)

Output:

True

True

SET METHODS (with data & example)

add()
Adds one element

s = {1, 2}

[Link](3)

print(s)

Output:

{1, 2, 3}

2️⃣ update()

Adds multiple elements

[Link]([4, 5])

print(s)

Output:

{1, 2, 3, 4, 5}

3️⃣ remove()

Removes an element (error if not found)

[Link](2)

print(s)

Output:

{1, 3, 4, 5}

4️⃣ discard()

Removes element (no error if missing)

[Link](10)

print(s)

Output:

{1, 3, 4, 5}

5️⃣ pop()

Removes a random element

[Link]()
print(s)

Output (example):

{3, 4, 5}

6️⃣ clear()

Removes all elements

[Link]()

print(s)

Output:

set()

7️⃣ union()

print([Link](B))

Output:

{1, 2, 3, 4, 5}

8️⃣ intersection()

print([Link](B))

Output:

{3}

9️⃣ difference()

print([Link](B))

Output:

{1, 2}

🔟 issubset() / issuperset()

X = {1, 2}

Y = {1, 2, 3}

print([Link](Y))
print([Link](X))

Output:

True

True

Tasks1:Write a Python program to perform the following operations:

1. Find and display the union of set A and set B.

2. Find and display the intersection of set A and set B.

3. Find and display the symmetric difference between set A and set B.

4. Check whether the element 20 is present in the union set and display the result.

Source code:

A = {10, 20, 30, 40}

B = {30, 40, 50, 60}

union_set = A | B

intersection_set = A & B

symmetric_diff = A ^ B

print("Union:", union_set)

print("Intersection:", intersection_set)

print("Symmetric Difference:", symmetric_diff)

print("Is 20 present in Union?", 20 in union_set)

✅ Output

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Union: {10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60}

Intersection: {30, 40}

Symmetric Difference: {10, 20, 50, 60}

Is 20 present in Union? True

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