Get common characters from strings

Question

I\'m looking for the way of comparing two strings and being able to get back, as separate strings:

• All the common characters,
• The uncommon characters, (al

Answer 1

Use set:

s = set("123 ABC")
t = set("135 AZ")
intersect = s & t # or s.intersection(t)
exclusion = s ^ t # or s.symmetric_difference(t)
a_minus_b = s - t # or s.difference(t)
b_minus_a = t - s # or t.difference(s)