The set add() method adds a given item to a set if the element is not present. If the element is already present in that set, it does not add it because, as we know, the set does not contain any duplicate value.
Python add to set
To add elements to the set in Python, use the set.add() method. The set add() in Python is a built-in method that adds an element to the set if the element is not present. To insert the new element in the set, use the set add() method.
Syntax
set.add(element)
Parameters
An element is a value to be added to the set.
Return Value
The set() method does not return any value or anything. It just adds the given value if it is not in that set.
How does the Python set add() method work?
See the following code.
# app.py
# Writing Appdividend char by char in a set
name = {'A', 'p', 'd', 'i', 'v', 'i', 'd', 'e', 'n'}
print("Before adding set is: ", name)
# here we have not included one 'p' and 'd'
# So we will add that using add() method
name.add('p')
name.add('D')
print("After adding set is: ", name)
Output
Before adding set is: {'e', 'A', 'd', 'n', 'p', 'v', 'i'}
After adding set is: {'e', 'A', 'd', 'n', 'p', 'v', 'D', 'i'}
In this example, we can see that though we have added “a” and “D” in the output, only “D” is added.
This is because “a” is already present in the set, so it cannot be added twice. On the other hand, if we could try to add a small “d”, it would also not be added to the set because ‘d’ is also present.
How to add a tuple to set
To add a tuple to a set, use the set() method. Add the following code.
# app.py
# Writing Appdividend char by char in a set
name = {'A', 'p', 'd', 'i', 'v', 'i', 'd', 'e', 'n'}
print("Before adding set is: ", name)
# Here we have not included one 'p' and 'd'
# Here, we will add 'p' and 'd' in a tuple
# Then we will add it to the set
tup = ('p', 'd')
# adding
name.add(tup)
print("After adding tuple, set is: ", name)
Output
Before adding set is: {'d', 'p', 'A', 'n', 'e', 'i', 'v'}
After adding tuple, set is: {'d', 'p', 'A', 'n', 'e', 'i', ('p', 'd'), 'v'}
But in this example, we can see that both “a” and “d” are added to the set because they are in a tuple, so they are treated as a tuple by the set, not as a single character.
