The Python Apprentice

Subset relationships

Figure 5.23:  Set relationships

In addition, three predicate methods are provided which tell us about the relationships between sets. We can check whether one set is a subset of another using the issubset() method. For example, to check whether all of the people who can smell hydrogen cyanide also have blond hair:

>>> smell_hcn.issubset(blond_hair)True

This checks that all the elements of the first set are also present in the second set.

To test whether all the people who can taste phenylthiocarbamide (PTC) can also smell hydrogen cyanide use the issuperset() method:

>>> taste_ptc.issuperset(smell_hcn)True

This checks ...