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Function Details: symmetric_difference

Description

Return the symmetric difference of two sets as a new set.

Extended Description

The symmetric_difference() method returns a new set containing elements that are in either the set or the specified iterable, but not in both. It's equivalent to the ^ operator for sets.

Function Signature

Module: set

Class: set

Parameters

Parameter List

other: Iterable

Return

Returns a new set containing elements in either the set or the iterable but not both.

Return Type

set

Output

Explanation

This example demonstrates the basic usage of symmetric_difference(). The resulting set contains elements that are in either s1 or s2, but not in both.