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# BoxSetSymmetricDifference

Compute the symmetric difference (A \u25b3 B) of two Sets, returning the elements that are in exactly one of the two Sets but not in both.

Equivalent to {@code (A \u222a B) \u2212 (A \u2229 B)}. The result is a new Set of the same variant as A; neither input is modified.

## Method Signature

```
BoxSetSymmetricDifference(set=[set], otherSet=[any])
```

### Arguments

| Argument   | Type  | Required | Description                                              | Default |
| ---------- | ----- | -------- | -------------------------------------------------------- | ------- |
| `set`      | `set` | `true`   | The first set (A).                                       |         |
| `otherSet` | `any` | `true`   | The second set (B). Accepts any value castable to a Set. |         |

## Examples

### Elements in either Set but not in both

Equivalent to `(A ∪ B) − (A ∩ B)`.

```java
a = [ 1, 2, 3 ].toSet();
b = [ 3, 4, 5 ].toSet();
x = a.symmetricDifference( b );
writeOutput( x.size() );

```

Result: 4

### Using the ^ operator shorthand

```java
a = set{ 1, 2, 3 };
b = set{ 2, 3, 4 };
result = a ^ b;
writeOutput( result.size() );

```

Result: 2

## Related

* [BoxSetAdd](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/set/boxsetadd.md)
* [BoxSetAddAll](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/set/boxsetaddall.md)
* [BoxSetClear](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/set/boxsetclear.md)
* [BoxSetContains](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/set/boxsetcontains.md)
* [BoxSetContainsAll](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/set/boxsetcontainsall.md)
* [BoxSetDifference](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/set/boxsetdifference.md)
* [BoxSetEach](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/set/boxseteach.md)
* [BoxSetEquals](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/set/boxsetequals.md)
* [BoxSetEvery](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/set/boxsetevery.md)
* [BoxSetFilter](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/set/boxsetfilter.md)
* [BoxSetFind](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/set/boxsetfind.md)
* [BoxSetIntersection](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/set/boxsetintersection.md)
* [BoxSetIsDisjointFrom](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/set/boxsetisdisjointfrom.md)
* [BoxSetIsEmpty](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/set/boxsetisempty.md)
* [BoxSetIsSubsetOf](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/set/boxsetissubsetof.md)
* [BoxSetIsSupersetOf](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/set/boxsetissupersetof.md)
* [BoxSetMap](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/set/boxsetmap.md)
* [BoxSetNone](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/set/boxsetnone.md)
* [BoxSetReduce](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/set/boxsetreduce.md)
* [BoxSetReject](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/set/boxsetreject.md)
* [BoxSetRemove](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/set/boxsetremove.md)
* [BoxSetRemoveAll](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/set/boxsetremoveall.md)
* [BoxSetRetainAll](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/set/boxsetretainall.md)
* [BoxSetSome](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/set/boxsetsome.md)
* [BoxSetToArray](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/set/boxsettoarray.md)
* [BoxSetToList](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/set/boxsettolist.md)
* [BoxSetUnion](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/set/boxsetunion.md)
* [ObjectToSet](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/set/objecttoset.md)
* [SetNew](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/set/setnew.md)
* [SetOf](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/set/setof.md)
* [StructKeySet](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/set/structkeyset.md)
* [StructValueSet](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/set/structvalueset.md)
* [ToSet](/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/set/toset.md)


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