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instance method

Set#subset?

(self) -> bool
subset?(other_set) → true or false

Returns whether self is a subset of the given other_set:

Example
set = Set[*'b'..'e']
set.subset?(set)            # => true
set.subset?(Set[*'a'..'f']) # => true
set.subset?(Set[*'c'..'e']) # => false

Related: Methods for Querying.

See also #size #subtract #select! #superset? also in 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0