Initialize Sets
items = {1, 2, 3}
or
items = set([1, 2, 3])
Add to Sets
Add values
items.add(4)
Add sets to sets
items.update({5, 6})
Add list to sets
items.update([7, 8])
Check value in sets
if 5 in items: pass
Remove values from sets
Remove value
items.remove(8)
Remove sets from sets
items.difference_update({6, 7})
Remove list from sets
items.difference_update([4, 5])
Convert sets to list
list_items = list(items)
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