Salesforce Collection of Set

Salesforce Collection of Set 

When we want to save multiple data of “the same type” and also connect with each other with some “common business rule”, then instead of creating multiple variables, we need to create one variable of type collection.

The same type = all the data are integers or all are strings.
Common business rule = For engage of all employees or the salary of all employees.

Collections are the same as an array” - We have 3 types of collections in Salesforce, and they are:

1. List.
2. Set.
3. Map.

Set

• Sets are an unordered collection of elements.
• They will not contain any duplicate values.
• Set elements can be primitive types (string,integer), SObject - (Salesforce Objects - Account, Lead, Cases etc), user defined types (classes).

Lets us look into collection-set with a sample program

Scenario: Add salaries of employees in the list and process them with step by step execution with collection functions The below mentioned are 6 individual programs for adding salary of the employees via Set.

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Program#1 - How to create a “Set” to store Bank Acc Num of Employee?

Initial Code:

// declare a list variable
Set  EmpBankAcc = New Set ();

//add values to the list
EmpBankAcc.add(111);
EmpBankAcc.add(222);
EmpBankAcc.add(333);
EmpBankAcc.add(444);

//values
system.debug('The Current Account Number = ' + EmpBankAcc);

OutPut:

11:41:49:004 USER_DEBUG [11]|DEBUG|The Current Account Number = {111, 222, 333, 444}

Program#2 - How to find the size of the ACC Numbers created?

Initial Code:
// declare a list variable
Set  EmpBankAcc = New Set ();

//add values to the list
EmpBankAcc.add(111);
EmpBankAcc.add(222);
EmpBankAcc.add(333);
EmpBankAcc.add(444);

//values
system.debug('The Current Account Numbers = ' + EmpBankAcc);

//for size
Integer length=EmpBankAcc.size();
system.debug(' The Current size of the Bank Acc Numbers =  ' + length);

OutPut:

12:05:35:002 USER_DEBUG [11]|DEBUG|The Current Account Numbers = {111, 222, 333, 444}
12:05:35:003 USER_DEBUG [15]|DEBUG| The Current size of the Bank Acc Numbers =  4

Program#3 - what if a duplicate value is added in “Set” in the anonymous window?

Initial Code:
// declare a list variable
Set  EmpBankAcc = New Set ();

//add values to the list
EmpBankAcc.add(111);
EmpBankAcc.add(222);
EmpBankAcc.add(333);

//values print
system.debug('The Current Account Numbers = ' + EmpBankAcc);

//duplicate value added
EmpBankAcc.add(111);

//duplicate  values print
system.debug('The Current Account Numbers = ' + EmpBankAcc);

OutPut:

12:21:38:002 USER_DEBUG [11]|DEBUG|The Current Account Numbers = {111, 222, 333}
12:21:38:002 USER_DEBUG [15]|DEBUG|The Current Account Numbers = {111, 222, 333}

Note: It just ignores the duplicate values, added and displays the remaining values.

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Program#4 - How to check whether the value (something assigned/add) is existing in the set or not?

Initial Code:
// declare a list variable
Set  EmpBankAcc = New Set ();

//add values to the list
EmpBankAcc.add(111);
EmpBankAcc.add(222);
EmpBankAcc.add(333);

//values print
system.debug('The Current Account Numbers = ' + EmpBankAcc);

//check if set contains value
boolean CheckTheValue = EmpBankAcc.contains(444);

//print statement for checking the value existing or not?
System.debug ( 'Does this set contains 444? = ' + CheckTheValue);

OutPut:

12:30:50:002 USER_DEBUG [10]|DEBUG|The Current Account Numbers = {111, 222, 333}
12:30:50:002 USER_DEBUG [14]|DEBUG|Does this set contains 444? = false

Program#5 - How to remove the value (something assigned/add) in the set?

Initial Code:
// declare a list variable
Set  EmpBankAcc = New Set ();

//add values to the list
EmpBankAcc.add(111);
EmpBankAcc.add(222);
EmpBankAcc.add(333);

//values print
system.debug('The Current Account Numbers = ' + EmpBankAcc);

//Remove value from set
EmpBankAcc.remove(333);

//print statement for Current Set
system.debug('Current Set = ' + EmpBankAcc);

OutPut:

12:39:02:003 USER_DEBUG [10]|DEBUG|The Current Account Numbers = {111, 222, 333}
12:39:02:003 USER_DEBUG [16]|DEBUG|Current Set = {111, 222}

Program#6 - How to check whether the value (something assigned/add) is empty in the set or not?

Initial Code:
// declare a list variable
Set  EmpBankAcc = New Set ();

//add values to the list
EmpBankAcc.add(111);
EmpBankAcc.add(222);
EmpBankAcc.add(333);

//values print
system.debug('The Current Account Numbers = ' + EmpBankAcc);

//check if set contains value
boolean EmptyCheck = EmpBankAcc.isempty();

//print statement for checking the value existing or not?
System.debug ( 'Is this set empty? = ' + EmptyCheck);

OutPut:

12:57:33:002 USER_DEBUG [10]|DEBUG|The Current Account Numbers = {111, 222, 333}
12:57:33:002 USER_DEBUG [16]|DEBUG|Is this set empty? = false

Assignment: Create a set of 10 email IDs. Print one by one using 10 times using system.debug().
Hint: SET + for each loop.

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