In [35]: set([1, 3, 8, -2, 99, 98, 77, 1, 5, 3, 77, 12])
Out[35]: {-2, 1, 3, 5, 8, 12, 77, 98, 99}
In [31]: o = [2,5,1,2,4,6,0,33,5.4,6.4]
In [32]: c = set(o)
In [33]: c
Out[33]: {0, 1, 2, 4, 5, 5.4, 6, 6.4, 33}
Out[35]: {-2, 1, 3, 5, 8, 12, 77, 98, 99}
In [31]: o = [2,5,1,2,4,6,0,33,5.4,6.4]
In [32]: c = set(o)
In [33]: c
Out[33]: {0, 1, 2, 4, 5, 5.4, 6, 6.4, 33}