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# pandas.Index.symmetric_difference

Index.symmetric_difference(other, result_name=None, sort=None)

  Compute the symmetric difference of two Index objects.

  Parameters:
    otherIndex or array-like
    result_namestr
    sortbool or None, default None

      Whether to sort the resulting index. By default, the values are attempted to be sorted, but any TypeError from incomparable elements is caught by pandas.

      - None : Attempt to sort the result, but catch any TypeErrors from comparing incomparable elements.

      - False : Do not sort the result.

      - True : Sort the result (which may raise TypeError).

  Returns:
    Index

  Notes

  `symmetric_difference` contains elements that appear in either `idx1` or `idx2` but not both. Equivalent to the Index created by `idx1.difference(idx2) | idx2.difference(idx1)` with duplicates dropped.

  Examples

      >>> idx1 = pd.Index([1, 2, 3, 4])
      >>> idx2 = pd.Index([2, 3, 4, 5])
      >>> idx1.symmetric_difference(idx2)
      Index([1, 5], dtype='int64')