Set Comprehension in python [duplicate]

Question

In Python3 I wrote a simple one line code as follows :

{ 2*x  for x in {1,2,3,4} }

but I m getting answer like this (order changed).

{8, 2, 4, 6}

Why I am getting answer {8,2,4,6} instead of {2,4,6,8}?

Ashwini Chaudhary · Accepted Answer · 2013-07-03 11:11:11Z

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That's because sets don't have any order. They're unordered collection.

help on set:

Build an unordered collection of unique elements.

If you want the order to be preserved then you can use list, tuple or collections.OrderedDict here.

answered Jul 3, 2013 at 11:05

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Martijn Pieters · Accepted Answer · 2013-07-03 11:10:54Z

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Because a set has no fixed order. Quoting the set documentation:

A set object is an unordered collection of distinct hashable objects.

Use a list or tuple if you require ordering, or use an OrderedDict() object to create unique keys that preserve ordering:

from collections import OrderedDict

ordered_unique_values = list(OrderedDict.fromkeys(2*x for x in (1,2,3,4)))

answered Jul 3, 2013 at 11:05

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