Trying to get distinct values from two List<int> objects

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Published on 2010-04-01T15:12:32Z Indexed on 2010/04/01 15:13 UTC
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I have 2 List objects:

List<int> lst1 = new List<int>();
List<int> lst2 = new List<int>();

Let's say they have values:

lst1.Add(1);
lst1.Add(2);
lst1.Add(3);
lst1.Add(4);

lst2.Add(1);
lst2.Add(4);

I need to get an object containing the "distinct" list of both of these; so in this case the return would be List {2, 3}.

Is there an easy way to do this? Or do I need to iterate through each value of the lists and compare?

I am open to using ObjectQuery, LINQ, etc as these lists are coming from a database, and could potentially be several hundred to several thousand entries long.

Thanks!

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