RosettaCodeData/Task/Symmetric-difference/AppleScript/symmetric-difference-3.appl...

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AppleScript

on symmetricDifference(a, b)
set output to {}
repeat 2 times
repeat with thisItem in a
set thisItem to thisItem's contents
tell {thisItem}
if (not ((it is in b) or (it is in output))) then set end of output to thisItem
end tell
end repeat
set {a, b} to {b, a}
end repeat
return output
end symmetricDifference
on task()
set a to {"John", "Serena", "Bob", "Mary", "Serena"}
set b to {"Jim", "Mary", "John", "Jim", "Bob"}
return symmetricDifference(a, b)
end task
task()