Clojure Tutorial on Clojure Sets
sets in clojure are a set of unique values. sets are created in clojure with the help of the set command.
example
following is an example of the creation of sets in clojure.
(ns clojure.examples.example (:gen-class)) (defn example [] (println (set '(1 1 2 2)))) (example)
output
the above code produces the following output.
#{1,2}
following are the methods available in clojure for sets.
| sr.no. | sets & description |
|---|---|
| 1 |
sorted-set
returns a sorted set of elements. |
| 2 |
get
returns the element at the index position. |
| 3 |
contains?
finds out whether the set contains a certain element or not. |
| 4 |
conj
appends an element to the set and returns the new set of elements. |
| 5 |
disj
disjoins an element from the set. |
| 6 |
union
return a set that is the union of the input sets |
| 7 |
difference
return a set that is the first set without elements of the remaining sets. |
| 8 |
intersection
return a set that is the intersection of the input sets. |
| 9 |
subset?
is set1 a subset of set2? |
| 10 |
superset?
is set1 a superset of set2? |