可以使用python的XOR运算符来完成。

这将删除每个列表中的重复项 这将显示temp1与temp2和temp2与temp1的差异。

set(temp1) ^ set(temp2)

这里有一个最简单情况的反答案。

这比上面那个做双向差分的要短，因为它只做了问题要求的事情:生成第一个列表中的东西的列表，而不是第二个列表中的东西。

from collections import Counter

lst1 = ['One', 'Two', 'Three', 'Four']
lst2 = ['One', 'Two']

c1 = Counter(lst1)
c2 = Counter(lst2)
diff = list((c1 - c2).elements())

或者，根据你的可读性偏好，它可以是一个不错的单行代码:

diff = list((Counter(lst1) - Counter(lst2)).elements())

输出:

['Three', 'Four']

请注意，如果您只是对其进行迭代，则可以删除list(…)调用。

因为这个解决方案使用计数器，所以相对于许多基于集合的答案，它可以正确地处理数量。例如，在这个输入中:

lst1 = ['One', 'Two', 'Two', 'Two', 'Three', 'Three', 'Four']
lst2 = ['One', 'Two']

输出结果为:

['Two', 'Two', 'Three', 'Three', 'Four']

由于目前的解决方案都不产生一个元组，我将抛出:

temp3 = tuple(set(temp1) - set(temp2))

另外:

#edited using @Mark Byers idea. If you accept this one as answer, just accept his instead.
temp3 = tuple(x for x in temp1 if x not in set(temp2))

像其他在这个方向上得到答案的非元组一样，它保持了顺序

假设我们有两个列表

list1 = [1, 3, 5, 7, 9]
list2 = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

从上面两个列表中我们可以看到，list2中有第1、3、5项，而第7、9项不存在。另一方面，第1、3、5项在list1中存在，第2、4项不存在。

返回包含项目7,9和2,4的新列表的最佳解决方案是什么?

以上所有答案都找到了解，现在什么是最优的?

def difference(list1, list2):
    new_list = []
    for i in list1:
        if i not in list2:
            new_list.append(i)

    for j in list2:
        if j not in list1:
            new_list.append(j)
    return new_list

与

def sym_diff(list1, list2):
    return list(set(list1).symmetric_difference(set(list2)))

利用时间，我们可以看到结果

t1 = timeit.Timer("difference(list1, list2)", "from __main__ import difference, 
list1, list2")
t2 = timeit.Timer("sym_diff(list1, list2)", "from __main__ import sym_diff, 
list1, list2")

print('Using two for loops', t1.timeit(number=100000), 'Milliseconds')
print('Using two for loops', t2.timeit(number=100000), 'Milliseconds')

返回

[7, 9, 2, 4]
Using two for loops 0.11572412995155901 Milliseconds
Using symmetric_difference 0.11285737506113946 Milliseconds

Process finished with exit code 0

试试这个:

temp3 = set(temp1) - set(temp2)

下面是@arkolec的回答，下面是一个用于比较列表、元组和集的实用程序类:

from difflib import SequenceMatcher

class ListDiffer:

    def __init__(self, left, right, strict:bool=False):
        assert isinstance(left, (list, tuple, set)), "left must be list, tuple or set"
        assert isinstance(right, (list, tuple, set)), "right must be list, tuple or set"
        self.l = list(left) if isinstance(left, (tuple, set)) else left
        self.r = list(right) if isinstance(left, (tuple, set)) else right

        if strict:
            assert isinstance(left, right.__class__), \
                f'left type ({left.__class__.__name__}) must equal right type ({right.__class__.__name__})'

        self.diffs = []
        self.equal = []

        for tag, i, j, k, l in SequenceMatcher(None, self.l, self.r).get_opcodes():
            if tag in ['delete', 'replace', 'insert']:
                self.diffs.append((tag, i, j, k, l))
            elif tag == 'equal':
                [self.equal.append(v) for v in left[i:j]]
                


    def has_diffs(self):
        return len(self.diffs) > 0


    def only_left(self):
        a = self.l[:]
        [a.remove(v) for v in self.equal]
        return a

    def only_right(self):
        a = self.r[:]
        [a.remove(v) for v in self.equal]
        return a


    def __str__(self, verbose:bool=False):
        iD = 0
        sb = []
        if verbose:
            sb.append(f"left: {self.l}\n")
            sb.append(f"right: {self.r}\n")
            sb.append(f"diffs: ")
        for tag, i, j, k, l in self.diffs:
            s = f"({iD})"
            if iD > 0: sb.append(' | ')
            if tag in ('delete', 'replace'): s = f'{s} l:{self.l[i:j]}'
            if tag in ('insert', 'replace'): s = f'{s} r:{self.r[k:l]}'
            sb.append(s)
            iD = iD + 1

        if verbose:
            sb.append(f"\nequal: {self.equal}")
        return ''.join(sb)

    def __repr__(self) -> str:
        return "<ListDiffer> {}".format(self.__str__())

用法:

left = ['a','b','c']
right = ['aa','b','c','d']
# right = ('aa','b','c','d')
ld = ListDiffer(left, right, strict=True)
print(f'ld.has_diffs(): {ld.has_diffs()}')
print(f'ld: {ld}')
print(f'ld.only_left(): {ld.only_left()}')
print(f'ld.only_right(): {ld.only_right()}')

输出:

ld.has_diffs(): True
ld: (0) l:['a'] r:['aa'] | (1) r:['d']
ld.only_left(): ['a']
ld.only_right(): ['aa', 'd']

我不能说性能，但你可以使用ld.only_left()来获得你正在寻找的结果。