How can I add items to an empty set in python

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user2192774 picture user2192774 · Jul 7, 2013 · Viewed 190.2k times · Source

I have the following procedure:

def myProc(invIndex, keyWord):
    D={}
    for i in range(len(keyWord)):
        if keyWord[i] in invIndex.keys():
                    D.update(invIndex[query[i]])
    return D

But I am getting the following error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 3, in <module>
TypeError: cannot convert dictionary update sequence element #0 to a sequence

I do not get any error if D contains elements. But I need D to be empty at the beginning.

Answer

Ashwini Chaudhary picture Ashwini Chaudhary · Jul 7, 2013

D = {} is a dictionary not set.

>>> d = {}
>>> type(d)
<type 'dict'>

Use D = set():

>>> d = set()
>>> type(d)
<type 'set'>
>>> d.update({1})
>>> d.add(2)
>>> d.update([3,3,3])
>>> d
set([1, 2, 3])

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