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Basic Set Operations

Basic Set Operations

Learn about the basic set operations in Python.

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Some basic set operations are given below.

Mutability

Sets are mutable. Their contents can be changed, as shown below.

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s = {'gate', 'fate', 'late'}
s.add('rate') # adds one more element to set s
print(s)

If we want an immutable set, we can use a frozenset.

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s = frozenset({'gate', 'fate', 'late'})
s.add('rate') # error

Other operations

The following are operations that work on lists and tuples. Try these operations on sets in the playground given below:

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