Table of Contents
1. Overview
The Python set update() method updates the set, adding items from other iterables.
The syntax of update()
is:
A.update(iterable)
Here, A is a set, and iterable can be any iterable such as list, set, dictionary, string, etc. The elements of the iterable are added to the set A.
Let’s take another example:
A.update(iter1, iter2, iter3)
Here, the elements of iterables iter1, iter2, and iter3 are added to set A.
2. Return Value from update()
This set update()
method returns None
(returns nothing).
2.1. Example 1: Python set update()
A = {'a', 'b'} B = {1, 2, 3} result = A.update(B) print('A =', A) print('result =', result)
Output
A = {'a', 1, 2, 3, 'b'} result = None
2.2. Example 2: Add elements of string and dictionary to Set
string_alphabet = 'abc' numbers_set = {1, 2} # add elements of the string to the set numbers_set.update(string_alphabet) print('numbers_set =', numbers_set) info_dictionary = {'key': 1, 'lock' : 2} numbers_set = {'a', 'b'} # add keys of dictionary to the set numbers_set.update(info_dictionary) print('numbers_set =', numbers_set)
Output
numbers_set = {'c', 1, 2, 'b', 'a'} numbers_set = {'key', 'b', 'lock', 'a'}
Note: If dictionaries are passed to the
update()
method, the keys of the dictionaries are added to the set.
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