Symmetric Difference

How is it different from set difference?

This operation results in a new set containing elements that are unique to either $A$ or $B$ , but not common to both.

The symmetric difference, denoted as $A △ B$ , represents the elements that are in either set $A$ or set $B$ , but not in both:

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Example:

set_A = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}
set_B = {3, 4, 5, 6, 7}

# Symmetric difference (elements in either set_A or set_B, but not in both)
symmetric_difference_result = set_A.symmetric_difference(set_B)
print("Symmetric Difference:", symmetric_difference_result)

Symmetric Difference: {1, 2, 6, 7}