KeyComplement

KeyComplement[{assocall,assoc1,assoc2,…}]

generates an association in which only elements whose keys appear in assocall but not in any of the associ are retained.

Details and Options

  • KeyComplement preserves the order of the elements in assocall.
  • KeyComplement can be used not only on Association objects, but also on lists of rules.
  • KeyComplement[{assocall, assoc1, …}, SameTesttest] applies test to each pair of keys of the elements in assocall and the associ to determine whether they should be considered the same.

Examples

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Basic Examples  (4)

Find a key that is not present elsewhere:

Filter a list of rules:

A single element of a list remains unchanged:

A list of rules is converted to an Association:

Use a custom comparison function to compare keys:

Possible Issues  (2)

A single Rule element is automatically wrapped in a List:

These are the same as the following:

A list with no elements is not accepted:

Wolfram Research (2015), KeyComplement, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/KeyComplement.html.

Text

Wolfram Research (2015), KeyComplement, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/KeyComplement.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2015. "KeyComplement." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/KeyComplement.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2015). KeyComplement. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/KeyComplement.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2024_keycomplement, author="Wolfram Research", title="{KeyComplement}", year="2015", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/KeyComplement.html}", note=[Accessed: 21-December-2024 ]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2024_keycomplement, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={KeyComplement}, year={2015}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/KeyComplement.html}, note=[Accessed: 21-December-2024 ]}