symmetric set difference (original) (raw)

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**Definition:**Members which are in either set, but not in both. That is, for sets A and B, it is (A - B) ∪ (B - A).

See also difference.

Note: {2, 3, 5} Δ {7, 5} = {2, 3, 7}.

Author: PEB

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Paul E. Black, "symmetric set difference", inDictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures [online], Paul E. Black, ed. 17 December 2004. (accessed TODAY) Available from: https://www.nist.gov/dads/HTML/symmetricSetDiff.html