CODE EXAMPLE FOR PYTHON

|= operator python

>>> s1 = {"a", "b", "c"}
>>> s2 = {"d", "e", "f"}

>>> # OR, | 
>>> s1 | s2
{'a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f'}
>>> s1                                                     # `s1` is unchanged
{'a', 'b', 'c'}

>>> # In-place OR, |=
>>> s1 |= s2
>>> s1                                                     # `s1` is reassigned
{'a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f'}