I am not sure of this is the right place to ask a question about the tutorial http://docs.python.org/3.0/tutorial/datastructures.html#sets why is the printed result of >>> basket = {'apple', 'orange', 'apple', 'pear', 'orange', 'banana'} >>> print(basket) {'orange', 'banana', 'pear', 'apple'} in the sequence given? -- Alan Cameron