list(set(a) ^ set(b)) code example

Example 1: empty set python

# Distinguish set and dictionary while creating empty set

# initialize a with {}
a = {}

# check data type of a
print(type(a))

# initialize a with set()
a = set()

# check data type of a
print(type(a))

Example 2: sets in python

set_of_base10_numbers = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0}
set_of_base2_numbers = {1, 0}

intersection = set_of_base10_numbers.intersection(set_of_base2_numbers)
union = set_of_base10_numbers.union(set_of_base2_numbers)

'''
intersection: {0, 1}:
	if the number is contained in both sets it becomes part of the intersection
union: {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9}:
	if the number exists in at lease one of the sets it becomes part of the union
'''