intersection, union, difference, symmetric difference for dictionaries

Tue Feb 25 18:25:06 EST 2014

On 2014年02月25日 23:14, Ben Finney wrote:
> MRAB <python at mrabarnett.plus.com> writes:
>>> On 2014年02月25日 21:27, Ben Finney wrote:
>> > Peter Otten <__peter__ at web.de> writes:
>> >
>> >> mauro wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > - Dictionaries and sets are both accessed by key
>> >>
>> >> but sets have no values
>> >
>> > Or rather, sets *only* have values. Dictionaries have keys, sets do
>> > not have keys.
>> >
>> But a dictionary can have duplicate values, a set cannot.
>> Yes. Your “but” implies you think that contradicts my statement; it
> doesn't. So I'm not sure what point you're making.
>The keys of a dictionary must be unique, like a set. The values of a
dictionary don't have to be unique, unlike a set.