How to create a std::set from the symmetric difference of two sets

Question

I Have two sets of strings.

set<string> A;
set<string> B;

I will insert some elements into both the sets and some of the elements that I insert into them are common elements.

I can basically get the elements

• Present in A and not in B
• Present in B and not in A

using

std::set_difference

I can also get the common elements in both the sets by

using

std::set_intersection

How can I get the elements which and present only in A and only in B and put them in a different set?

Total idea is creating a set which will not have the common elements but all the elements in both the sets.

In mathematical language:

(A(UNION)B)-(A(intersection)B)

Answer 1

How about std::set_symmetric_difference? It seems to fit what you want.

Answer 2

You can use set_symmetric_difference