How to construct a set out of list items in python?

Question

I am having a list of filenames in python and from that list, I want to create a set out of all the filenames.

I have tried the below code, but I am getting some error, kindly check:

filelist=[]

for filename in filelist:

    set(filename)

Answer 1

See if you are having a list of hashable objects like the filenames would apparently be strings, so they should count as a washable object:

lst = ['foo.py', 'bar.py', 'baz.py', 'qux.py', Ellipsis]

You can create the set directly with the set() in Python:

s = set(lst)

In fact, the set will work this way with any iterable object.