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How to Compute Set Union of Tags from Multiple Items in Python

Collect all unique tags from a list of dictionaries using set union with update() in Python.

set union tags dictionaries
Python
items = [
    {"id": 1, "tags": {"python", "web"}},
    {"id": 2, "tags": {"web", "api", "sql"}},
    {"id": 3, "tags": {"python", "data"}},
]


def get_union_of_tags(item_list):
    all_tags = set()
    for item in item_list:
        all_tags.update(item["tags"])
    return all_tags


if __name__ == "__main__":
    u…
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Dictionaries & sets medium

How to Implement Disjoint Set Union Find in Python

Implement a Disjoint Set Union-Find data structure using a Python dictionary for parent tracking, with path compression and connectivity checks.

disjoint-set union-find graph
Python
class DisjointSet:
    def __init__(self):
        self.parent = {}

    def find(self, x):
        # Path compression
        if self.parent[x] != x:
            self.parent[x] = self.find(self.parent[x])
        return self.parent[x]

    def union(self, x, y):
        # Initialize if not present
        if x not in…
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