Why does the set function in Python produce different outputs for the same inputs?

Question

This is my code

string='AABCAAADA'
k=3
for i in range(0,len(string),k):
    print(set(string[i:i+k]))

each time I run it produces a different output. how can i fix this?
outputs:

{'B', 'A'}
{'A', 'C'}
{'D', 'A'}

{'B', 'A'}
{'C', 'A'}
{'D', 'A'}

{'A', 'B'}
{'A', 'C'}
{'A', 'D'}

That is outputting *the same sets*. Set objects are inherently unordered. — juanpa.arrivillaga, Jan 23 '20 at 08:20

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 23 '20 at 08:22

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Because set() returns set, which by design is unordered collection.

answered Jan 23 '20 at 08:22

Marcin Orlowski

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