与效率无关，但很容易理解，这里有一个集合的并和交的例子，它处理集合的数组和集合的集合。

http://jsfiddle.net/zhulien/NF68T/

// process array [element, element...], if allow abort ignore the result
function processArray(arr_a, cb_a, blnAllowAbort_a)
{
    var arrResult = [];
    var blnAborted = false;
    var intI = 0;

    while ((intI < arr_a.length) && (blnAborted === false))
    {
        if (blnAllowAbort_a)
        {
            blnAborted = cb_a(arr_a[intI]);
        }
        else
        {
            arrResult[intI] = cb_a(arr_a[intI]);
        }
        intI++;
    }

    return arrResult;
}

// process array of operations [operation,arguments...]
function processOperations(arrOperations_a)
{
    var arrResult = [];
    var fnOperationE;

    for(var intI = 0, intR = 0; intI < arrOperations_a.length; intI+=2, intR++) 
    {
        var fnOperation = arrOperations_a[intI+0];
        var fnArgs = arrOperations_a[intI+1];
        if (fnArgs === undefined)
        {
            arrResult[intR] = fnOperation();
        }
        else
        {
            arrResult[intR] = fnOperation(fnArgs);
        }
    }

    return arrResult;
}

// return whether an element exists in an array
function find(arr_a, varElement_a)
{
    var blnResult = false;

    processArray(arr_a, function(varToMatch_a)
    {
        var blnAbort = false;

        if (varToMatch_a === varElement_a)
        {
            blnResult = true;
            blnAbort = true;
        }

        return blnAbort;
    }, true);

    return blnResult;
}

// return the union of all sets
function union(arr_a)
{
    var arrResult = [];
    var intI = 0;

    processArray(arr_a, function(arrSet_a)
    {
        processArray(arrSet_a, function(varElement_a)
        {
            // if the element doesn't exist in our result
            if (find(arrResult, varElement_a) === false)
            {
                // add it
                arrResult[intI] = varElement_a;
                intI++;
            }
        });
    });

    return arrResult;
}

// return the intersection of all sets
function intersection(arr_a)
{
    var arrResult = [];
    var intI = 0;

    // for each set
    processArray(arr_a, function(arrSet_a)
    {
        // every number is a candidate
        processArray(arrSet_a, function(varCandidate_a)
        {
            var blnCandidate = true;

            // for each set
            processArray(arr_a, function(arrSet_a)
            {
                // check that the candidate exists
                var blnFoundPart = find(arrSet_a, varCandidate_a);

                // if the candidate does not exist
                if (blnFoundPart === false)
                {
                    // no longer a candidate
                    blnCandidate = false;
                }
            });

            if (blnCandidate)
            {
                // if the candidate doesn't exist in our result
                if (find(arrResult, varCandidate_a) === false)
                {
                    // add it
                    arrResult[intI] = varCandidate_a;
                    intI++;
                }
            }
        });
    });

    return arrResult;
}

var strOutput = ''

var arrSet1 = [1,2,3];
var arrSet2 = [2,5,6];
var arrSet3 = [7,8,9,2];

// return the union of the sets
strOutput = union([arrSet1, arrSet2, arrSet3]);
alert(strOutput);

// return the intersection of 3 sets
strOutput = intersection([arrSet1, arrSet2, arrSet3]);
alert(strOutput);

// of 3 sets of sets, which set is the intersecting set
strOutput = processOperations([intersection,[[arrSet1, arrSet2], [arrSet2], [arrSet2, arrSet3]]]);
alert(strOutput);

“filter”和“indexOf”在IE中的Array上不支持。这个怎么样:

var array1 = [1, 2, 3];
var array2 = [2, 3, 4, 5];

var intersection = [];
for (i in array1) {
    for (j in array2) {
        if (array1[i] == array2[j]) intersection.push(array1[i]);
    }
}

下面是underscore.js的实现:

_.intersection = function(array) {
  if (array == null) return [];
  var result = [];
  var argsLength = arguments.length;
  for (var i = 0, length = array.length; i < length; i++) {
    var item = array[i];
    if (_.contains(result, item)) continue;
    for (var j = 1; j < argsLength; j++) {
      if (!_.contains(arguments[j], item)) break;
    }
    if (j === argsLength) result.push(item);
  }
  return result;
};

来源:http://underscorejs.org/docs/underscore.html部分- 62

如果你的数组是排序的，这应该运行在O(n)，其中n是min(a.length, b.length)

function intersect_1d( a, b ){
    var out=[], ai=0, bi=0, acurr, bcurr, last=Number.MIN_SAFE_INTEGER;
    while( ( acurr=a[ai] )!==undefined && ( bcurr=b[bi] )!==undefined ){
        if( acurr < bcurr){
            if( last===acurr ){
                out.push( acurr );
            }
            last=acurr;
            ai++;
        }
        else if( acurr > bcurr){
            if( last===bcurr ){
                out.push( bcurr );
            }
            last=bcurr;
            bi++;
        }
        else {
            out.push( acurr );
            last=acurr;
            ai++;
            bi++;
        }
    }
    return out;
}

.reduce生成地图，.filter找到交叉路口。.filter中的Delete允许我们将第二个数组视为唯一的集合。

function intersection (a, b) {
  var seen = a.reduce(function (h, k) {
    h[k] = true;
    return h;
  }, {});

  return b.filter(function (k) {
    var exists = seen[k];
    delete seen[k];
    return exists;
  });
}

我发现这种方法很容易解释。它在常数时间内运行。

另一种可以同时处理任意数量数组的索引方法:

// Calculate intersection of multiple array or object values.
function intersect (arrList) {
    var arrLength = Object.keys(arrList).length;
        // (Also accepts regular objects as input)
    var index = {};
    for (var i in arrList) {
        for (var j in arrList[i]) {
            var v = arrList[i][j];
            if (index[v] === undefined) index[v] = 0;
            index[v]++;
        };
    };
    var retv = [];
    for (var i in index) {
        if (index[i] == arrLength) retv.push(i);
    };
    return retv;
};

它只适用于可以作为字符串计算的值，你应该将它们作为一个数组传递:

intersect ([arr1, arr2, arr3...]);

.．.但它透明地接受对象作为参数或任何要交叉的元素(总是返回公共值的数组)。例子:

intersect ({foo: [1, 2, 3, 4], bar: {a: 2, j:4}}); // [2, 4]
intersect ([{x: "hello", y: "world"}, ["hello", "user"]]); // ["hello"]

编辑:我只是注意到，这是，在某种程度上，有点bug。

也就是说:我在编码时认为输入数组本身不能包含重复(正如所提供的示例那样)。

但如果输入数组恰好包含重复，就会产生错误的结果。示例(使用下面的实现):

intersect ([[1, 3, 4, 6, 3], [1, 8, 99]]);
// Expected: [ '1' ]
// Actual: [ '1', '3' ]

幸运的是，这很容易通过添加二级索引来解决。那就是:

变化:

        if (index[v] === undefined) index[v] = 0;
        index[v]++;

by:

        if (index[v] === undefined) index[v] = {};
        index[v][i] = true; // Mark as present in i input.

,:

         if (index[i] == arrLength) retv.push(i);

by:

         if (Object.keys(index[i]).length == arrLength) retv.push(i);

完整的例子:

// Calculate intersection of multiple array or object values.
function intersect (arrList) {
    var arrLength = Object.keys(arrList).length;
        // (Also accepts regular objects as input)
    var index = {};
    for (var i in arrList) {
        for (var j in arrList[i]) {
            var v = arrList[i][j];
            if (index[v] === undefined) index[v] = {};
            index[v][i] = true; // Mark as present in i input.
        };
    };
    var retv = [];
    for (var i in index) {
        if (Object.keys(index[i]).length == arrLength) retv.push(i);
    };
    return retv;
};

intersect ([[1, 3, 4, 6, 3], [1, 8, 99]]); // [ '1' ]