Issue #4570: Clean-up tutorial example

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Raymond Hettinger 2010-08-08 01:32:06 +00:00
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@ -377,16 +377,12 @@ empty dictionary, a data structure that we discuss in the next section.
Here is a brief demonstration::
>>> basket = ['apple', 'orange', 'apple', 'pear', 'orange', 'banana']
>>> fruit = set(basket) # create a set without duplicates
>>> fruit
{'orange', 'pear', 'apple', 'banana'}
>>> fruit = {'orange', 'apple'} # {} syntax is equivalent to [] for lists
>>> fruit
{'orange', 'apple'}
>>> 'orange' in fruit # fast membership testing
>>> basket = {'apple', 'orange', 'apple', 'pear', 'orange', 'banana'}
>>> print(basket) # show that duplicates have been removed
{'orange', 'bananna', 'pear', 'apple'}
>>> 'orange' in basket # fast membership testing
True
>>> 'crabgrass' in fruit
>>> 'crabgrass' in basket
False
>>> # Demonstrate set operations on unique letters from two words