In this course, you’ll learn aboutsets. They’re a useful data structure that allows you to do some complex operations more easily. They come up everywhere in the real world and are important to understand.

By the end of this course, you’ll know:

• What a set is
• How to define a set in Python
• How to operate on a set
• How to modify a set
• When to use sets
• Why sets are a good choice for checking membership

What’s Included:

• 16 Lessons
• Video Subtitles and Full Transcripts
• 2 Downloadable Resources
• Accompanying Text-Based Tutorial
• Interactive Quiz to Check Your Progress
• Q&A With Python Experts: Ask a Question
• Certificate of Completion

Downloadable Resources:

• Course Slides (.pdf)
• Sample Code (.zip)

Related Learning Paths:

• Python Data Structures

Sets in Python

16 Lessons 56m

1. 1. Sets in Python (Overview)01:16
2. 2. What Is a Set?00:58
3. 3. Immutable vs. Hashable03:14
4. 4. Defining a Set in Python02:11
5. 5. Length, Membership, and Iteration03:07
6. 6. Union, Intersection, and Difference06:49
7. 7. Disjoint, Subset, and Superset05:37
8. 8. Add, Remove, Discard, Pop, and Clear02:44
9. 9. Different Update Methods05:56
10. 10. Augmented Assignment (Sets)01:32
11. 11. Frozen Sets02:49
12. 12. Augmented Assignment (Frozen Sets)01:28
13. 13. Why Sets?00:55
14. 14. Set Speed Test05:54
15. 15. Sets in Python (Quiz)08:30
16. 16. Sets in Python (Summary)03:11

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