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# init(array:)

Returns a counted set object initialized with the contents of a given array.

```
convenience init(array: [Any])
```

## Parameters

`array`

An array of objects to add to the new set.

## Return Value

An initialized counted set object with the contents of `array`. The returned object might be different than the original receiver.

## See Also

  [Collections Programming Topics](https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/Collections/Collections.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/10000034i)

[`+  setWithArray:`](/documentation/Foundation/NSSet/setWithArray:)

Creates and returns a set containing a uniqued collection of the objects contained in a given array.

[`-  initWithArray:`](/documentation/Foundation/NSSet/init(array:))

Initializes a newly allocated set with the objects that are contained in a given array.


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