symmetric_difference_update() method in Python set

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Update the main set with difference elements only.

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Using symmetric_difference_update() method

A={'a','b','c'}B={'a','y','z'}A.symmetric_difference_update(B)print(A)

Output

{'y', 'b', 'c', 'z'}

symmetric_difference_update() method

Using string ( iterable object ) with symmetric_difference_update() method

A={'a','b','c','x','y'}B='Alex'A.symmetric_difference_update(B)print(A)

Output

{'y', 'l', 'A', 'e', 'b', 'a', 'c'}

Using list with symmetric_difference_update() method.

A={'a','b','c'}B=['a','x','y']A.symmetric_difference_update(B)print(A)

Output

{'y', 'x', 'b', 'c'}

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