Set

Overview

A set is an unordered collection (i.e., not maintain any specific order) of unique items. Sets are defined by enclosing elements in curly braces {} or by using the set() constructor.

Note

General syntax

my_set = {`item1`, `item2`, `item3`, ..., `itemN`}

• my_set: Set variable name

• element1, element2, element3, …, elementN: Each element is unique and can be of any data type.

• Elements are separated by commas and enclosed in curly braces {}.

Examples

# Create two sets with numbers
set1 = {1, 2, 3}
set2 = {3, 4, 5}

# Merge the sets
union_set = set1 | set2
print(union_set)  # {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}

{1, 2, 3, 4, 5}

# Verify the similarities between two sets
intersection_set = set1 & set2
print(intersection_set)  # {3}

{3}

# Find the difference in terms of elements between two sets
difference_set = set1 - set2
print(difference_set)  # {1, 2}

{1, 2}