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networkx.algorithms.operators.binary.symmetric_difference

symmetric_difference(G, H)[source]

Returns new graph with edges that exist in either G or H but not both.

The node sets of H and G must be the same.

Parameters

G,H (graph) – A NetworkX graph. G and H must have the same node sets.

Returns

D

Return type

A new graph with the same type as G.

Notes

Attributes from the graph, nodes, and edges are not copied to the new graph.