DOCUMENTATION: name: symmetric_difference author: Brian Coca (@bcoca) version_added: "1.4" short_description: different items from two lists description: - Provide a unique list of all the elements unique to each list. options: _input: description: A list. type: list required: true _second_list: description: A list. type: list required: true seealso: - plugin_type: filter plugin: ansible.builtin.difference - plugin_type: filter plugin: ansible.builtin.intersect - plugin_type: filter plugin: ansible.builtin.union - plugin_type: filter plugin: ansible.builtin.unique 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: description: A unique list of the elements from two lists that are unique to each one. type: list