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A Set is an unordered collection of items. Set items are unique and immutable. On this reference page, you will find all the methods that can be used with a set object.
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| add() | Add elements to the set. |
| clear() | Remove all elements from the set. |
| copy() | Return a copy of the set. |
| difference() | Return a set containing the differences between two or more sets. |
| difference_update() | Delete items that are also included in another specified set. |
| discard() | Delete the specified item. |
| intersection() | Return a set that is the intersection of two other sets. |
| intersection_update() | Delete items that do not exist in other specified sets. |
| isdisjoint() | Return whether two sets have an intersection. |
| issubset() | Return whether another set contains this set. |
| issuperset() | Return whether this set contains another set. |
| pop() | Delete an element from the set. |
| remove() | Delete the specified element. |
| symmetric_difference() | Return a set containing the symmetric difference of two sets. |
| symmetric_difference_update() | Insert the symmetric difference of this set and another set. |
| union() | Return a set containing the union of sets. |
| update() | Update the set with the union of this set and other sets. |
in our Python set tutorial Learn more about sets on this site.