Copying Sets and Testing for Membership - PythonIn our last article we left off discussing Python's version of arrays (the list and dictionary). I also gave you a brief introduction to some Operators. In this tutorial I will tell you about Python's remaining data holder, Sets, and prepare you for a later discussion of Operators in Python.
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If you want to copy a Set, you can do so pretty simply: /usr/local/bin/python mcdonaldgang = Set (['Grimace', 'Hamburglar', 'Mayor Mccheese', 'Burger King', 'Wendy', 'Fry Guy']) gang = mcdonaldgang.copy() print gang Here would be the result of this program: Fry Guy Grimace Mayor Mccheese Hamburglar Burger King Wendy Suppose the gang had grown so large Ronald couldn't keep track of it in his head. To see if someone was in his gang, he could use the In operator. /usr/local/bin/python mcdonaldgang = Set (['Grimace', 'Hamburglar', 'Mayor Mccheese', 'Burger King', 'Wendy', 'Fry Guy']) 'Grimace' in mcdonaldgang 'Birdie' in mcdonaldgang This program checks to see if Grimace and Birdie are in the McDonald's Gang. Here is the result: True False Meaning that Grimace is in the gang, but Birdie is not. Who cares...she was annoying anyway. And now you know where those chicken nuggets come from.
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