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Frozen set in Python

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Frozen set in Python

  • It is another type of set object that is immutable which means we can’t modify it once it is created.
  • It is unordered and it contains only unique elements.
  • We can create a frozen set using frozenset() function and pass any iterable element in this function.
  • We can use the frozen set in the dictionary as a key because the frozen set is hashable.

Syntax –

frozenset(iterable)

Parameter –

  • iterable → any iterable element e.g. list, tuple, set, dictionary, string.
  • return → it returns a frozen set object.

Example –

				
					s = [1,2,3,4,5]
fs = frozenset(s)
print("Frozen set:", fs)
print(type(fs))

# Output -
# Frozen set: frozenset({1, 2, 3, 4, 5})
# <class 'frozenset'>
				
			
  • In the above example ,first we create a list with elements from 1 to 5.
  • after creating the list, we create a frozen set of list(s) and store the frozen set object in fs.
  • finally, print the frozen set object on the output screen and also print the type of fs.

 

Example 2 – Frozen set using a dictionary

				
					d = {'firstname':'edSlash','lastname':'Services'}
frozen_set = frozenset(d)
print("Frozen set: ", frozen_set)

# Output -
# Frozen set:  frozenset({'lastname', 'firstname'})
				
			

Let’s try to modify the frozen set –

				
					f_set = frozenset('edSlash')
print("Frozen set: ", f_set)
print("\n\n")
f_Set.remove('s')
print(f_set)

# Output -
# Frozen set:  frozenset({'a', 's', 'h', 'S', 'd', 'l', 'e'})

#Traceback (most recent call last):
#  File "/home/main.py", line 4, in <module>
#    f_Set.remove('s')
#NameError: name 'f_Set' is not defined. Did you mean: 'f_set'?
				
			

Accessing elements of Frozen set –

				
					l = [1,2,3,4,5,6]
f_set = frozenset(l)
print("Frozen set: ", f_set)
print("\n\nElements of frozen set: ")
for i in f_set:
	print(i)

# Output -
# Frozen set:  frozenset({1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6})

# Elements of frozen set: 
# 1
# 2
# 3 
# 4
# 5
# 6
				
			

Operations on frozen set –

				
					fs1 = frozenset('edSlash')
fs2 = frozenset('official')
print("Frozen set 1: ", fs1)
print("Frozen set 2: ", fs2)

print("\nNumber of elements in frozen set: ",len(fs1))

# Creating a copy of frozen set
fs1_copy = fs1.copy()
print("\nCopied frozen set:",fs1_copy)

# Union of two frozen sets
fs_union = fs1.union(fs2)
print("\nUnion set:",fs_union)

# Intersection of two frozen sets 
fs_intersection = fs1.intersection(fs2)
print("\nIntersection set:",fs_intersection)

# Difference of two frozen sets
fs_difference = fs1.difference(fs2)
print("\nDifference set:",fs_difference)

# Symmetric difference of two frozen sets
fs_symmetric_difference = fs1.symmetric_difference(fs2)
print("\nSymmetric Difference set: ",fs_symmetric_difference)


# Output -
# Frozen set 1:  frozenset({'e', 'h', 'S', 'd', 'a', 'l', 's'})
# Frozen set 2:  frozenset({'o', 'a', 'i', 'c', 'l', 'f'})
# Number of elements in frozen set:  7
# Copied frozen set: frozenset({'e', 'h', 'S', 'd', 'a', 'l', 's'})
# Union set: frozenset({'o', 'e', 'h', 'S', 'd', 'a', 'i', 'c', 'l', 's', 'f'})
# Intersection set: frozenset({'l', 'a'})
# Difference set: frozenset({'e', 'h', 'S', 'd', 's'})
# Symmetric Difference set:  frozenset({'i', 'f', 'o', 'e', 'h', 'S', 'd', 'c', 's'})
				
			
  • In the above example, we cover a few examples of the frozen set operations you can also perform more operations.
  • You can perform all operations of set on frozen set except that operation that modifies the frozen set itself e.g. update(), remove(), etc.
Difference between Frozen set and Set –
Frozen setSet
It is immutableIt is mutable
It is created using frozenset() functionIt is created using {} curly braces or set() function.
It is hashableIt is non hashable
Supports operations that do not modify the frozen setSupports operations that modify the original set