Unique Elements from Both Lists
Find elements that appear in exactly one of the two lists (symmetric difference).
IntermediateTopic: List Programs
Python Unique Elements from Both Lists Program
This program helps you to learn the fundamental structure and syntax of Python programming.
# Program to find elements unique to each of two lists
list1 = input("Enter first list elements: ").split()
list2 = input("Enter second list elements: ").split()
unique = list(set(list1) ^ set(list2))
print("Elements unique to one list:", unique)Output
Enter first list elements: 1 2 3 Enter second list elements: 3 4 5 Elements unique to one list: ['1', '2', '4', '5']
Understanding Unique Elements from Both Lists
We use the symmetric difference operator (^) on sets to get elements present in exactly one set.
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