是否有一种方法可以在JavaScript中返回两个数组之间的差异?

例如:

var a1 = ['a', 'b'];
var a2 = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd'];

// need ["c", "d"]

当前回答

使用indexOf()的解决方案对于小型数组是可以的,但是随着长度的增长,算法的性能将接近O(n^2)。这里有一个解决方案,将执行非常大的数组使用对象作为关联数组存储数组项作为键;它还自动消除重复项,但只适用于字符串值(或可以安全地存储为字符串的值):

function arrayDiff(a1, a2) {
  var o1={}, o2={}, diff=[], i, len, k;
  for (i=0, len=a1.length; i<len; i++) { o1[a1[i]] = true; }
  for (i=0, len=a2.length; i<len; i++) { o2[a2[i]] = true; }
  for (k in o1) { if (!(k in o2)) { diff.push(k); } }
  for (k in o2) { if (!(k in o1)) { diff.push(k); } }
  return diff;
}

var a1 = ['a', 'b'];
var a2 = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd'];
arrayDiff(a1, a2); // => ['c', 'd']
arrayDiff(a2, a1); // => ['c', 'd']

其他回答

纯JavaScript

对于“差异”有两种可能的解释。我让你选你想要的。假设你有:

var a1 = ['a', 'b'     ];
var a2 = [     'b', 'c'];

If you want to get ['a'], use this function: function difference(a1, a2) { var result = []; for (var i = 0; i < a1.length; i++) { if (a2.indexOf(a1[i]) === -1) { result.push(a1[i]); } } return result; } If you want to get ['a', 'c'] (all elements contained in either a1 or a2, but not both -- the so-called symmetric difference), use this function: function symmetricDifference(a1, a2) { var result = []; for (var i = 0; i < a1.length; i++) { if (a2.indexOf(a1[i]) === -1) { result.push(a1[i]); } } for (i = 0; i < a2.length; i++) { if (a1.indexOf(a2[i]) === -1) { result.push(a2[i]); } } return result; }

斜线/下划线

如果你正在使用lodash,你可以使用_。差异(a1, a2)(上述情况1)或_。Xor (a1, a2)(情形2)

如果你使用的是Underscore.js,你可以使用_。情况1的差分(a1, a2)函数。

ES6 Set,用于非常大的数组

上面的代码适用于所有浏览器。然而,对于超过10,000个项目的大型数组,它变得相当慢,因为它有O(n²)的复杂度。在许多现代浏览器中,我们可以利用ES6 Set对象来加快速度。Lodash在可用时自动使用Set。如果你不使用lodash,使用下面的实现,灵感来自Axel Rauschmayer的博客文章:

function difference(a1, a2) {
  var a2Set = new Set(a2);
  return a1.filter(function(x) { return !a2Set.has(x); });
}

function symmetricDifference(a1, a2) {
  return difference(a1, a2).concat(difference(a2, a1));
}

笔记

如果您关心-0、+0、NaN或稀疏数组,那么所有示例的行为都可能令人惊讶或不明显。(对于大多数用途来说,这并不重要。)

function array_diff(a, b) {

    let array = [];
    for(let i = 0; i <a.length; i++) {
        let k = 0;
        for( let j = 0; j < b.length; j++) {
            if(a[i]!==b[j]) {
                k++;
            }
            if(k===b.length) {
                array = array.concat(a[i]);
            }
        }

        if(b.length ===0) {
            array = array.concat(a[i]);
        }
    }
    return array;
}

我想要一个类似的函数,它接受一个旧数组和一个新数组,并给我一个添加项的数组和一个删除项的数组,我希望它是有效的(所以没有.contains!)。

你可以在这里尝试我提出的解决方案:http://jsbin.com/osewu3/12。

有人能看出算法的问题或改进吗?谢谢!

代码清单:

function diff(o, n) {
  // deal with empty lists
  if (o == undefined) o = [];
  if (n == undefined) n = [];

  // sort both arrays (or this won't work)
  o.sort(); n.sort();

  // don't compare if either list is empty
  if (o.length == 0 || n.length == 0) return {added: n, removed: o};

  // declare temporary variables
  var op = 0; var np = 0;
  var a = []; var r = [];

  // compare arrays and add to add or remove lists
  while (op < o.length && np < n.length) {
      if (o[op] < n[np]) {
          // push to diff?
          r.push(o[op]);
          op++;
      }
      else if (o[op] > n[np]) {
          // push to diff?
          a.push(n[np]);
          np++;
      }
      else {
          op++;np++;
      }
  }

  // add remaining items
  if( np < n.length )
    a = a.concat(n.slice(np, n.length));
  if( op < o.length )
    r = r.concat(o.slice(op, o.length));

  return {added: a, removed: r}; 
}

CoffeeScript版本:

diff = (val for val in array1 when val not in array2)

纯JavaScript解决方案(没有库) 与旧浏览器兼容(不使用过滤器) O (n ^ 2) 可选的fn回调参数,用于指定如何比较数组项

function diff(a, b, fn){ var max = Math.max(a.length, b.length); d = []; fn = typeof fn === 'function' ? fn : false for(var i=0; i < max; i++){ var ac = i < a.length ? a[i] : undefined bc = i < b.length ? b[i] : undefined; for(var k=0; k < max; k++){ ac = ac === undefined || (k < b.length && (fn ? fn(ac, b[k]) : ac == b[k])) ? undefined : ac; bc = bc === undefined || (k < a.length && (fn ? fn(bc, a[k]) : bc == a[k])) ? undefined : bc; if(ac == undefined && bc == undefined) break; } ac !== undefined && d.push(ac); bc !== undefined && d.push(bc); } return d; } alert( "Test 1: " + diff( [1, 2, 3, 4], [1, 4, 5, 6, 7] ).join(', ') + "\nTest 2: " + diff( [{id:'a',toString:function(){return this.id}},{id:'b',toString:function(){return this.id}},{id:'c',toString:function(){return this.id}},{id:'d',toString:function(){return this.id}}], [{id:'a',toString:function(){return this.id}},{id:'e',toString:function(){return this.id}},{id:'f',toString:function(){return this.id}},{id:'d',toString:function(){return this.id}}], function(a, b){ return a.id == b.id; } ).join(', ') );