Hello in this tutorial, we will explain how to set the intersection method in python programming.

1. Introduction

The intersection() method in python programming returns a set containing common elements from one or more given sets. Its syntax representation is given as below:

set.intersection(set1, set2 ... etc)

The parameter set1 is required to search for equal items and set2 . . . are the optional sets.

1.1 Setting up Python

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2. Python Set intersection Method

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2.1 Python Set intersection Method

Let us understand this with the help of a code snippet.

Python Set intersection Method

# Python Set intersection Method
# intersection(...) method returns a set containing common elements from one or more given sets
# set1
set1 = {
 'apple',
 'google',
 'amazon'
}
# set2
set2 = {
 'google',
 'microsoft',
 'amazon'
}

# set3
set3 = {
 'google'
}
intersection_set1 = set1.intersection(set2)
print(intersection_set1)
print('\n')
intersection_set2 = set1.intersection(set2, set3)
print(intersection_set2)

If everything goes well the following output will be shown in the IDE console.

Console Output

{'amazon', 'google'}
{'google'}

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3. Summary

In this tutorial, we showed:

• intersection() method in python
• A sample program to set intersection method in python

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