Another set operation we can use is .subtracting(). This method creates a new set of elements by removing the overlapping data of one set from another set.

To use .subtracting() in our program, we can use this code:

var newSet = SetA.subtracting(SetB)

Any values that SetA shares with SetB will be removed and newSet will contain values found only in SetA but not in SetB.

Consider the following sets: animals and notEndangered:

var animals: Set = ["Bison", "Mountain Gorilla", "Hedgehog", "Sea Turtle", "Vaquita", "Ocelet"]

var notEndangered: Set = ["Bison", "Hedgehog", "Ocelet"]

We can use .subtracting() to create a set of animals that are endangered based on the two sets above:

var endangered = animals.subtracting(notEndangered)

If we were to output the value of endangered, we would get something similar to these results:

["Vaquita", "Mountain Gorilla", "Sea Turtle"]