Python Data Structures: Sets and Frozen Sets (2021)

Course details

In this course, instructor Mridu Bhatnagar takes you through the basics of using Python sets and frozen sets. If you’re in the early stages of your Python programming career, or if you just need a refresher, join Mridu as she discusses the basic mechanics and functions of these data structures. Mridu gives a high-level overview of sets and frozen sets and then dives into the various methods to work with them. She discusses use cases and topics like how to modify a set and use built-in functions. Mridu also provides challenge and solution videos to test your knowledge as you go along. If you’re looking to learn important aspects about sets and frozen sets in Python, without jumping into a long project-based course, Mridu’s course is for you.

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Why use sets and frozen sets
02 - What you should know

1. Introduction to Sets

03 - Introduction to sets
04 - Defining a set and common pitfalls while initializing a set
05 - Immutable and mutable
06 - Hashable and iterable

2. Set Operations

07 - Set membership
08 - Iterating through a set
09 - Set comprehension
10 - Challenge - Create a set
11 - Solution - Create a set

3. Operators and Methods

12 - Understand set theory with an example
13 - Find all the elements present in different sets
14 - Find the common elements present between the sets
15 - Determine the difference between two sets
16 - Determine the symetric difference between two sets
17 - Determine whether two sets have any common elements
18 - Determine whether one set is a subset of another
19 - Determine whether one set is a superset of another

4. Modifying a Set

20 - Add an element to a set
21 - Add multiple elements with the update method
22 - Remove an element from a set
23 - Remove an element from a set using discard
24 - Using pop to remove and return an element from a set
25 - Clearing all elements from a set

5. Using Built-In Functions

26 - Find the index and value for all the items of a set
27 - Using length to find the number of items in a set
28 - Find the largest element in the set
29 - Find the smallest element in the set
30 - Sort all the elements in the set
31 - Find the sum of all elements in a set

6. Frozen Sets

32 - Introduction to frozen sets
33 - Why frozen sets
34 - Creating frozen sets

Conclusion

35 - Keep practicing