ansible.builtin.symmetric_difference filter – different items from two lists
Note
This filter plugin is part of ansible-core and included in all Ansible
installations. In most cases, you can use the short
plugin name
symmetric_difference even without specifying the collections: keyword.
However, we recommend you use the FQCN for easy linking to the
plugin documentation and to avoid conflicting with other collections that may have
the same filter plugin name.
New in Ansible 1.4
Synopsis
Provide a unique list of all the elements unique to each list.
Input
This describes the input of the filter, the value before | ansible.builtin.symmetric_difference.
Parameter |
Comments |
|---|---|
A list. |
Keyword parameters
This describes keyword parameters of the filter. These are the values key1=value1, key2=value2 and so on in the following example: input | ansible.builtin.symmetric_difference(key1=value1, key2=value2, ...).
Parameter |
Comments |
|---|---|
A list. |
See Also
See also
- ansible.builtin.difference filter plugin
The official documentation on the ansible.builtin.difference filter plugin.
- ansible.builtin.intersect filter plugin
The official documentation on the ansible.builtin.intersect filter plugin.
- ansible.builtin.union filter plugin
The official documentation on the ansible.builtin.union filter plugin.
- ansible.builtin.unique filter plugin
The official documentation on the ansible.builtin.unique filter plugin.
Examples
# return the elements of list1 not in list2 and the elements in list2 not in list1
# list1: [1, 2, 5, 1, 3, 4, 10]
# list2: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 11, 99]
{{ list1 | symmetric_difference(list2) }}
# => [10, 11, 99]
Return Value
Key |
Description |
|---|---|
A unique list of the elements from two lists that are unique to each one. Returned: success |