"Alan Cameron" <alan.came...@iname.com> wrote in message news:hrfml.50224$tb.4...@newsfe07.ams2... >I am not sure of this is the right place to ask a question about the >tutorial > > http://docs.python.org/3.0/tutorial/datastructures.html#sets > > why is the printed result of > >>>> basket = {'apple', 'orange', 'apple', 'pear', 'orange', 'banana'} >>>> print(basket) > {'orange', 'banana', 'pear', 'apple'} > > in the sequence given? > >
Thanks to all who replied. I assume therefore that the order in which the items of the set are printed could vary each time it is printed? -- Alan Cameron -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list