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    This document provides an overview of Python sets and dictionaries. It discusses that sets are unordered collections with no duplicate entries, while dictionaries store data as key-value pairs. The document then provides examples of creating, accessing, modifying, deleting items from sets and dictionaries. It also discusses built-in functions and methods for dictionaries, and when to use lists, sets, tuples or dictionaries.

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    This document provides an overview of Python sets and dictionaries. It discusses that sets are unordered collections with no duplicate entries, while dictionaries store data as key-value pairs. The document then provides examples of creating, accessing, modifying, deleting items from sets and dictionaries. It also discusses built-in functions and methods for dictionaries, and when to use lists, sets, tuples or dictionaries.

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    Python Sets &


    Dictionaries
    Sets

    Sets is another data structure supported by Python. Basically, sets are same as li
    with a difference that sets are lists with no duplicate entries. Technically, a set is
    mutable and an unordered collection of items. This means that we can easily add
    remove items from it.
    A set is created by placing all the elements inside curly brackets {}, separated b
    or by using the
    built-in function set(). The syntax of creating a set can be given as,

    ample: To create a set, you can write,


    Set Operations
    Set Operations
    Set Operations
    Set Operations
    Dictionaries

    Dictionary is a data structure in which we store values as a pair of key and value
    key is separated from its value by a colon (:), and consecutive items are separate
    commas. The entire items in a dictionary are enclosed in curly brackets({}). The
    for defining a dictionary is
    dictionary_name = {key_1: value_1, key_2: value_2, key_3: value_3}
    If there are many keys and values in dictionaries, then we can also write just one
    value pair on a line
    to make the code easier to read and understand. This is shown below.
    dictionary_name = {key_1: value_1, key_2: value_2, key_3: value_3, ….}
    Exampl
    e:
    Accessing Values

    Exampl
    e:
    Adding and Modifying an Item in a Dictiona

    Exampl
    e:
    Modifying an Entry

    Exampl
    e:
    Deleting Items

    You can delete one or more items using the del keyword. To delete or remov
    items in just one statement, use the clear() function. Finally, to remove a
    dictionary from the memory, we can gain
    use the del statement as del Dict_name. The syntax to use the del statemen
    given as,
    del dictionary_variable[key]
    Exampl
    e:
    Sorting Items and Looping over Items in a
    Dictionary

    Exampl
    es:
    Nested Dictionaries

    Exampl
    e:
    Built-in Dictionary Functions and Methods
    Built-in Dictionary Functions and Methods
    Built-in Dictionary Functions and Methods
    Difference between a List and a Dictionar

    First, a list is an ordered set of items. But, a dictionary is a data structure that is
    matching one item
    (key) with another (value).
    • Second, in lists, you can use indexing to access a particular item. But, thes
    should be a number. In
    dictionaries, you can use any type (immutable) of value as an index. For examp
    we write Dict['Name'], Name acts as an index but it is not a number but a string.
    • Third, lists are used to look up a value whereas a dictionary is used to take o
    and look up another
    value. For this reason, dictionary is also known as a lookup table.
    Fourth, the key-value pair may not be displayed in the order in which it was
    while defining the
    dictionary. This is because Python uses complex algorithms (called hashing) t
    fast access to the items stored in the dictionary. This also makes dictionary pref
    use over a list of tuples.
    String Formatting with Dictionaries

    Python also allows you to use string formatting feature with dictionaries. So you
    %s, %d, %f, etc. to
    represent string, integer, floating point number, or any other data.
    Example: Program that uses string formatting feature to print the key-value pair
    in the dictionary
    When to use which Data Structure?

    • Use lists to store a collection of data that does not need random access.
    • Use lists if the data has to be modified frequently.
    • Use a set if you want to ensure that every element in the data structure
    unique.
    • Use tuples when you want that your data should not be altered.

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