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Python Python Collections (2016, retired 2019) Sets First Sets

David P
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David P
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Posted by David P
David P
Courses Plus Student 1,162 Points

I have tried every which way to get the syntax correct. I know this may be an easy one, but I cannot get it to work.

I think it's a good idea for you to experiment with sets since they're a very useful part of Python. Start by creating a set variable named songs that has three song titles in it. You can use any titles you want, just make sure they're three different strings.

sets.py 
def songs = ('titles')
def titles = ['Song1', 'Song2', 'Song3']
    set(['titles'])

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Stuart Wright
Stuart Wright
41,120 Points
Stuart Wright
Stuart Wright
41,120 Points

The correct syntax is:

songs = {'song1', 'song2', 'song3'}

The 'def' keyword is only used for function definitions, not variable assignments. And it's curly braces you need to create a set.

Alexander Peterson
Alexander Peterson
Courses Plus Student 3,832 Points
Alexander Peterson
Alexander Peterson
Courses Plus Student 3,832 Points

I just want to add, if you wanted to have a list of titles and make it into a set later:

titles = ['Song1','Song2','Song3']
set_of_titles = set(titles)