remove() method for removing element from a set in python

remove() method of set

remove(element) takes one argument .

element : matching element to be removed from set
Returns : No return value.

my_set={'a','b','c','x','k'}
my_set.remove('x')
print(my_set)

Output is here

{'c', 'a', 'k', 'b'}

In above code x is deleted from my_set.

Removing not available element

This will generate error KeyError

my_set={'a','b','c','x','k'}
my_set.remove('y')

If the element is not present then discard() will not generate error.

my_set={'a','b','c','x','k'}
my_set.discard('y')
print(my_set)

Output

{'x', 'c', 'a', 'k', 'b'}

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