Tuples, sets and dictionaries-Programming in Python

COSC 1306—COMPUTER SCIENCE AND PROGRAMMING PYTHON TUPLES, SETS AND DICTIONARIES Jehan-François Pâris jfparis@uh.edu

Tuples • Same as lists but – Immutable – Enclosed in parentheses – A tuple with a single element must have a comma inside the parentheses: • a = (11,)

Examples • >>> mytuple = (11, 22, 33) • >>> mytuple[0] 11 • >>> mytuple[-1] 33 • >>> mytuple[0:1] (11,) • The comma is required!

Why? • No confusion possible between [11] and 11 • (11) is a perfectly acceptable expression – (11) without the comma is the integer 11 – (11, ) with the comma is a list containing the integer 11 • Sole dirty trick played on us by tuples!

Tuples are immutable • >>> mytuple = (11, 22, 33) • >>> saved = mytuple • >>> mytuple += (44,) • >>> mytuple (11, 22, 33, 44) • >>> saved (11, 22, 33)

Things that do not work • mytuple += 55 Traceback (most recent call last):Z … TypeError: can only concatenate tuple (not "int") to tuple – Can understand that!

Sorting tuples • >>> atuple = (33, 22, 11) • >>> atuple.sort() Traceback (most recent call last): … AttributeError: 'tuple' object has no attribute 'sort' • >>> atuple = sorted(atuple) • >>> atuple [11, 22, 33] Tuples are immutable! sorted( ) returns a list!

Most other things work! • >>> atuple = (11, 22, 33) • >>> len(atuple) 3 • >>> 44 in atuple False • >>> [ i for [i for i in atuple] [11, 22, 33]

The reverse does not work • >>> alist = [11, 22, 33] • >>> (i for i in alist) <generator object <genexpr> at 0x02855DA0> – Does not work!

Converting sequences into tuples • >>> alist = [11, 22, 33] • >>> atuple = tuple(alist) • >>> atuple (11, 22, 33) • >>> newtuple = tuple('Hello World!') • >>> newtuple ('H', 'e', 'l', 'l', 'o', ' ', 'W', 'o', 'r', 'l', 'd', '!')

Sets • Indentified by curly braces – {'Alice', 'Bob', 'Carol'} – {'Dean'} is a singleton • Can only contain unique elements – Duplicates are eliminated • Immutable like tuples and strings

Sets do not contain duplicates • >>> cset = {11, 11, 22} • >>> cset {11, 22}

Sets are immutable • >>> aset = {11, 22, 33} • >>> bset = aset • >>> aset = aset | {55} • >>> aset {33, 11, 22, 55} • >>> bset {33, 11, 22} Union of two sets

Sets have no order • >>> {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7} {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7} • >>> {11, 22, 33} {33, 11, 22}

Sets do not support indexing • >>> myset = {'Apples', 'Bananas', 'Oranges'} • >>> myset {'Bananas', 'Oranges', 'Apples'} • >>> myset[0] Traceback (most recent call last): File "<pyshell#2>", line 1, in <module> myset[0] TypeError: 'set' object does not support indexing

Examples • >>> alist = [11, 22, 33, 22, 44] • >>> aset = set(alist) • >>> aset {33, 11, 44, 22} • >>> aset = aset + {55} SyntaxError: invalid syntax

Boolean operations on sets (I) • Union of two sets • Contains all elements that are in set A or in set B A B

Boolean operations on sets (II) • Intersection of two sets • Contains all elements that are in both sets A and B A B

Boolean operations on sets (III) • Difference of two sets • Contains all elements that are in A but not in B A B

Boolean operations on sets (IV) • Symmetric difference of two sets • Contains all elements that are either – in set A but not in set B or – in set B but not in set A A B

Boolean operations on sets (V) • >>> aset = {11, 22, 33} • >>> bset = {12, 23, 33} • Union of two sets – >>> aset | bset {33, 22, 23, 11, 12} • Intersection of two sets: – >>> aset & bset {33}

Boolean operations on sets (VI) • >>> aset = {11, 22, 33} • >>> bset = {12, 23, 33} • Difference: – >>> aset – bset {11, 22} • Symmetric difference: – >>> aset ^ bset {11, 12, 22, 23}

Dictionaries (I) • Store pairs of entries called items { 'CS' : '743-713-3350', 'UHPD' : '713-743-3333'} • Each pair of entries contains – A key – A value • Key and values are separated by a colon • Paris of entries are separated by commas • Dictionary is enclosed within curly braces

Usage • Keys must be unique within a dictionary – No duplicates • If we have age = {'Alice' : 25, 'Bob' :28} then age['Alice'] is 25 and age[Bob'] is 28

Dictionaries are mutable • >>> age = {'Alice' : 25, 'Bob' : 28} • >>> saved = age • >>> age['Bob'] = 29 • >>> age {'Bob': 29, 'Alice': 25} • >>> saved {'Bob': 29, 'Alice': 25}

Keys must be unique • >>> age = {'Alice' : 25, 'Bob' : 28, 'Alice' : 26} • >>> age {'Bob': 28, 'Alice': 26}

Displaying contents • >>> age = {'Alice' : 25, 'Carol': 'twenty-two'} • >>> age.items() dict_items([ ('Alice', 25), ('Carol', 'twenty-two')]) • >>> age.keys() dict_keys([ 'Alice', 'Carol']) • age.values() dict_values([28, 25, 'twenty-two'])

Updating directories • >>> age = {'Alice': 26 , 'Carol' : 22} • >>> age.update({'Bob' : 29}) • >>> age {'Bob': 29, 'Carol': 22, 'Alice': 26} • >>> age.update({'Carol' : 23}) • >>> age {'Bob': 29, 'Carol': 23, 'Alice': 26}

Returning a value • >>> age = {'Bob': 29, 'Carol': 23, 'Alice': 26} • >>> age.get('Bob') 29 • >>> age['Bob'] 29

Removing a specific item (I) • >>> a = {'Alice' : 26, 'Carol' : 'twenty-two'} • >>> a {'Carol': 'twenty-two', 'Alice': 26} • >>> a.pop('Carol’) 'twenty-two' • >>> a {'Alice': 26}

Removing a specific item (II) • >>> a.pop('Alice') 26 • >>> a {} • >>>

Remove a random item • >>> age = {'Bob': 29, 'Carol': 23, 'Alice': 26} • >>> age.popitem() ('Bob', 29) • >>> age • {'Carol': 23, 'Alice': 26} • >>> age.popitem() ('Carol', 23) • >>> age {'Alice': 26}

Summary • Strings, lists, tuples, sets and dictionaries all deal with aggregates • Two big differences – Lists and dictionaries are mutable • Unlike strings, tuples and sets – Strings, lists and tuples are ordered • Unlike sets and dictionaries

Mutable aggregates • Can modify individual items – x = [11, 22, 33] x[0] = 44 will work • Cannot save current value – x = [11,22, 33] y = x will not work

Immutable aggregates • Cannot modify individual items – s = 'hello!' s[0] = 'H' is an ERROR • Can save current value – s= 'hello!' t = s will work

Ordered aggregates • Entities in the collection can be accessed through a numerical index – s= 'Hello!' s[0] – x = ['Alice', 'Bob', 'Carol'] x[-1] – t = (11, 22) t[1]

Other aggregates • Cannot index sets – myset = {'Apples', 'Bananas', 'Oranges'} myset[0] is WRONG • Can only index dictionaries through their keys – age = {'Bob': 29, 'Carol': 23, 'Alice': 26} age['Alice'] works age[0] is WRONG

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