fast way to filter a set?

[Stefan Franke]

Try:

from itertools import ifilter

s=Set(xrange(1,11))
s=Set(ifilter(lambda x:x%2==0,s))



fortepianissimo wrote:

> But this created two lists (keys and dummy)? Compared to the filter()
> method, which created a list and a new set, maybe your suggestion is
> still a bit faster...
> 
> --- Skip Montanaro <skip at pobox.com> wrote:
> 
>>    fortepianissimo> I know I can do things like
>>    fortepianissimo> s=Set(range(1,11))
>>    fortepianissimo> s=Set(filter(lambda x:x%2==0,s))
>>
>>    fortepianissimo> But this seems a bit slow since filter returns a
>>list
>>    fortepianissimo> which then must be converted back to a set. Any
>>tips?
>>
>>The only thing which comes to mind is:
>>
>>    >>> s = sets.Set(range(1,11))
>>    >>> s
>>    Set([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10])
>>    >>> keys = list(s)
>>    >>> dummy = [s.discard(x) for x in keys if x%2]
>>    >>> s
>>    Set([2, 4, 6, 8, 10])
>>
>>You still create a list, but don't create a second set.
>>
>>Skip
> 
> 
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