Set intersection means getting a new set with elements that are common to all sets. In Python intersection has & operator. You can also use the intersection() method to intersect two or more sets:
Note: The set intersection operator (&) will raise an error if you use it with iterables.
Example use the set intersection operator in Python
Simple example code.
set1 = {'Python', 'Java', 'C++'}
set2 = {'C#', 'Java', 'C++'}
res = set1 & set2
print(res)
Output:
Here’s an example to demonstrate how the intersection operator works:
set1 = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}
set2 = {4, 5, 6, 7}
set3 = {5, 6, 7, 8, 9}
intersection = set1 & set2 & set3
print(intersection)
In the above example, the intersection of set1, set2, and set3 is computed using the & operator. The resulting set contains only the common element, which is 5 in this case.
Note: the sets being intersected can have any number of elements, and the order of the elements does not matter. The intersection operator returns a new set containing only the elements that are present in all the sets being intersected. If there are no common elements, an empty set is returned.
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Note: IDE: PyCharm 2021.3.3 (Community Edition)
Windows 10
Python 3.10.1
All Python Examples are in Python 3, so Maybe its different from python 2 or upgraded versions.