fast way to filter a set?

[Peter Otten]

Fortepianissimo wrote:

> I know I can do things like
> 
> s=Set(range(1,11))
> s=Set(filter(lambda x:x%2==0,s))
> 
> But this seems a bit slow since filter returns a list which then must
> be converted back to a set. Any tips? Thanks!

The Set constructor accepts any iterable, so you can do it all with
iterators instead of temporary lists:

from sets import Set
from itertools import ifilter

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

Peter