pandas.Index.symmetric_difference¶
-
Index.
symmetric_difference
(other, result_name=None)[source]¶ Compute the symmetric difference of two Index objects. It’s sorted if sorting is possible.
Parameters: - other : Index or array-like
- result_name : str
Returns: - symmetric_difference : Index
Notes
symmetric_difference
contains elements that appear in eitheridx1
oridx2
but not both. Equivalent to the Index created byidx1.difference(idx2) | idx2.difference(idx1)
with duplicates dropped.Examples
>>> idx1 = Index([1, 2, 3, 4]) >>> idx2 = Index([2, 3, 4, 5]) >>> idx1.symmetric_difference(idx2) Int64Index([1, 5], dtype='int64')
You can also use the
^
operator:>>> idx1 ^ idx2 Int64Index([1, 5], dtype='int64')