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#  polars.Series.list.set_symmetric_difference  #

Series.list.  set_symmetric_difference  (  _ other  :  Series  _ )  →  Series
[ [source]  ](https://github.com/pola-rs/polars/blob/py-0.20.23/py-
polars/polars/series/list.py#L1037-L1059) #

    

Compute the SET SYMMETRIC DIFFERENCE between the elements in this list and the
elements of ` other  ` .

Parameters  :

    

**other**

    

Right hand side of the set operation.

Examples

    
    
    >>> a = pl.Series([[1, 2, 3], [], [None, 3], [5, 6, 7]])
    >>> b = pl.Series([[2, 3, 4], [3], [3, 4, None], [6, 8]])
    >>> a.list.set_symmetric_difference(b)
    shape: (4,)
    Series: '' [list[i64]]
    [
        [1, 4]
        [3]
        [4]
        [5, 7, 8]
    ]
    

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