使用jQuery:

var a = [1,2,3];
var b = [2,3,4,5];
var c = $(b).not($(b).not(a));
alert(c);

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);

如果只使用关联数组呢?

function intersect(a, b) {
    var d1 = {};
    var d2 = {};
    var results = [];
    for (var i = 0; i < a.length; i++) {
        d1[a[i]] = true;
    }
    for (var j = 0; j < b.length; j++) {
        d2[b[j]] = true;
    }
    for (var k in d1) {
        if (d2[k]) 
            results.push(k);
    }
    return results;
}

编辑:

// new version
function intersect(a, b) {
    var d = {};
    var results = [];
    for (var i = 0; i < b.length; i++) {
        d[b[i]] = true;
    }
    for (var j = 0; j < a.length; j++) {
        if (d[a[j]]) 
            results.push(a[j]);
    }
    return results;
}

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

通过对数据的一些限制，您可以在线性时间内完成!

对于正整数:使用一个数组将值映射到“已见/未见”布尔值。

function intersectIntegers(array1,array2) { 
   var seen=[],
       result=[];
   for (var i = 0; i < array1.length; i++) {
     seen[array1[i]] = true;
   }
   for (var i = 0; i < array2.length; i++) {
     if ( seen[array2[i]])
        result.push(array2[i]);
   }
   return result;
}

对于对象也有类似的技术:取一个虚拟键，为array1中的每个元素设置为“true”，然后在array2的元素中寻找这个键。完事后收拾一下。

function intersectObjects(array1,array2) { 
   var result=[];
   var key="tmpKey_intersect"
   for (var i = 0; i < array1.length; i++) {
     array1[i][key] = true;
   }
   for (var i = 0; i < array2.length; i++) {
     if (array2[i][key])
        result.push(array2[i]);
   }
   for (var i = 0; i < array1.length; i++) {
     delete array1[i][key];
   }
   return result;
}

当然，你需要确保这个键之前没有出现过，否则你会破坏你的数据…

我会用对我来说最有效的方法来贡献:

if (!Array.prototype.intersect){
Array.prototype.intersect = function (arr1) {

    var r = [], o = {}, l = this.length, i, v;
    for (i = 0; i < l; i++) {
        o[this[i]] = true;
    }
    l = arr1.length;
    for (i = 0; i < l; i++) {
        v = arr1[i];
        if (v in o) {
            r.push(v);
        }
    }
    return r;
};
}