Code RoomSymmetric difference
MediumPrep Room Coding #372

Symmetric difference

CodingAlgorithms & data structuresEntry–Mid~13 min

Given two integer lists that may contain repeats, return the values that appear in exactly one of the two lists — present somewhere in the first or in the second, but not in both. Return each qualifying value once, in ascending order. Example: [1, 2, 3] and [2, 3, 4] give [1, 4].

Implement
exactly_one_side(a: list[int], b: list[int]) → list[int]
Examples
in[[1,2,3],[2,3,4]]out[1,4]
What a strong answer looks like

State your approach and its time/space complexity out loud before you optimize. Handle the edge cases (empty input, duplicates, overflow), and say why you chose this over the brute force. Green tests are the floor, not the grade.

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InputExpectedGot
[[1,2,3],[2,3,4]][1,4]not run yetsample