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How to Aggregate Order Data with Sets and Dictionaries in Python

Combine sets and dictionaries to find unique products and total quantities from a list of orders in Python.

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def find_unique_products(orders):
    """Return set of all products ordered across multiple orders."""
    all_products = set()
    for order in orders:
        all_products.update(order.get("items", []))
    return all_products


def product_summary(orders):
    """Build a dictionary mapping each product to its total…
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