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In Python, lists, sets, and key-value mappings (dictionaries) are provided directly in the language as container classes. They manage objects of other classes (also potentially of different data types).
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All elements contained in either A or B, but not both sets.
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This functionality can be found for lists too, but there slicing is often the better choice to copy data.
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Inden, M. (2022). Basic Data Structures: Lists, Sets, and Dictionaries. In: Python Challenges. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-7398-2_5
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