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---
title: List symmetric difference based on function
type: snippet
language: python
tags: [list]
cover: succulent-1
dateModified: 2020-11-02T19:28:35+02:00
---
Returns the symmetric difference between two lists, after applying the provided function to each list element of both.
- Create a `set` by applying `fn` to each element in every list.
- Use a list comprehension in combination with `fn` on each of them to only keep values not contained in the previously created set of the other.
```py
def symmetric_difference_by(a, b, fn):
(_a, _b) = (set(map(fn, a)), set(map(fn, b)))
return [item for item in a if fn(item) not in _b] + [item
for item in b if fn(item) not in _a]
```
```py
from math import floor
symmetric_difference_by([2.1, 1.2], [2.3, 3.4], floor) # [1.2, 3.4]
```