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Занятие 9. Sets

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Task«Filtering of the list of friends by interests»

Imagine that you want to organize a meeting of friends, but you have a list of common interests, and you want to invite only those who share at least one of these interests. You are given a list of names of your friends and many common interests. Write a program that creates a new list containing only the names of those friends whose interests intersect with common interests.

Input format

first introduces a list of friends of friends separated by comma. Then many common interests are introduced, separated by commas

Output format

The program should display a sorted list of friends of friends, sharing them with commas, whose interests intersect with common interests

Example

Input

Anna, Boris, Victor, Galina, Dmitry
Music, Cinema, Sports
Anna: Music, Dancing
Boris: Cinema, Games
Victor: Sports, Books
Galina: Drawing, Singing
Dmitry: Cinema, Travel

Output

Anna, Boris, Victor, Dmitry

Hint

Comparing sets

Subset

A set A is a subset of set B if all elements of set A, without exception, are also contained in set B. The issubset() method is used to check this condition. and the operator .

A useful tip: The <= operator checks for a "non-strict" subset. This means that any set is a subset of itself (set1<= set1 returns True). If you need to check that the set A is a subset of B, but it is not equal to it, use the strict inequality operator .

set1 = {1, 2}
set2 = {1, 2, 3}
set3 = {1, 2}

# Checking for a subset
print(set1.issubset(set2))  # Output: True
print(set1 <= set2) # Output: True

# Checking for a strict subset
print(set1 < set2) # Output: True
print(set3< set1) # Output: False, since the sets are equal

Superset

A set A is a superset of set B if it contains all the elements that are in set B. The issuperset() method is used for verification. and the operator =.

A useful tip: Similarly to subsets, the = operator checks for a "non-strict" superset. To check for a strict superset (A contains all the elements of B and at least one additional one), use the operator.

set1 = {1, 2, 3}
set2 = {1, 2}

# Checking for a superset
print(set1.issuperset(set2))  # Output: True
print(set1 >= set2) # Output: True

# Checking for a strict superset
print(set1 > set2) # Output: True
print(set1 > {1, 2, 3}) # Conclusion: False, since the sets are equal

Equality of sets

Sets are considered equal if they contain exactly the same set of elements. The order of the elements does not matter at all. The == operator is used for verification.

set1 = {1, 2, 3}
set2 = {3, 2, 1}
set3 = {1, 2, 3, 3} # The duplicate will be ignored when creating a set.

print(set1 == set2) # Output: True
print(set1 == set3) # Output: True

Other set methods

Copying a set

The copy() method returns a surface copy of the set.

Important advice: Do not confuse copying with assignment. If you write set2 = set1, then set2 will not be a new set, but only another reference to set1. Changing set2 will change set1. Use copy() to create an independent array.

set1 = {1, 2, 3}

# Correct copying
set2 = set1.copy()
set2.add(4)
print(f"Original set1: {set1}")  # Output: Original set1: {1, 2, 3}
print(f"Copy of set2: {set2}")    # Output: A copy of set2: {1, 2, 3, 4}

# Incorrect copying (link assignment)
set3 = set1
set3.add(5)
print(f"Original set1 after changing set3: {set1}") # Output: Original set1 after changing set3: {1, 2, 3, 5}
print(f"Reference set3: {set3}")                       # Output: set3 link: {1, 2, 3, 5}

Updating the set

The update() method adds to the current set all the elements from another set or any other iterable object (for example, a list or a tuple). The method modifies the original set and returns nothing (None).

set1 = {1, 2, 3}
set2 = {3, 4, 5}
list1 = [5, 6, 7]

set1.update(set2) # Duplicate {3} will be ignored
print(set1) # Output: {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}

set1.update(list1) # You can update it from the list
print(set1) # Output: {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7}

Sets and their applications

Arrays are extremely useful in various tasks due to their speed and unique properties. They are ideal for removing duplicates, quickly checking for an element, and performing mathematical operations (union, intersection, difference).

Removing duplicates from the list

This is one of the most common uses of arrays. Converting a list to a set automatically removes all duplicates. Then, if necessary, the set can be converted back to a list.

It is important to remember: With this transformation, the original order of the list items is not preserved.

numbers = [1, 2, 2, 3, 4, 4, 5, 1]
unique_numbers = list(set(numbers))
print(unique_numbers) # The output can be [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] ( the order is not guaranteed)

Search for common items in two lists

To find the elements that are present in both collections, you can transform them into sets and use the intersection operator &.

list1 = [1, 2, 3, 4]
list2 = [3, 4, 5, 6]
common_elements = list(set(list1) & set(list2))
print(common_elements)  # Output: [3, 4] (order is not guaranteed)

Search for unique elements (symmetric difference)

To find the elements that are in one of the lists, but not both at once, use the symmetric difference operator ^.

list1 = [1, 2, 3, 4]
list2 = [3, 4, 5, 6]
unique_to_each_list = list(set(list1) ^ set(list2))
print(unique_to_each_list) # Output: [1, 2, 5, 6] ( the order is not guaranteed)

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