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

ES6中一个更简洁的方法是以下解决方案。

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

区别

a2.filter(d => !a1.includes(d)) // gives ["c", "d"]

十字路口

a2.filter(d => a1.includes(d)) // gives ["a", "b"]

析取联合(对称差分)

[ ...a2.filter(d => !a1.includes(d)),
  ...a1.filter(d => !a2.includes(d)) ]

其他回答

只是修整字符串以确保....空格不会影响差异

function arr_diff(a1, a2) {
    var a=[], diff=[];
    for(var i=0;i<a1.length;i++)
        a[a1[i]]=true;
    for(var i=0;i<a2.length;i++)
        if(a[a2[i].trim()]) delete a[a2[i].trim()];
    else a[a2[i].trim()]=true;
    for(var k in a)
        diff.push(k);
    return diff;
}

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(', ') );

这个怎么样:

Array.prototype.contains = function(needle){
  for (var i=0; i<this.length; i++)
    if (this[i] == needle) return true;

  return false;
} 

Array.prototype.diff = function(compare) {
    return this.filter(function(elem) {return !compare.contains(elem);})
}

var a = new Array(1,4,7, 9);
var b = new Array(4, 8, 7);
alert(a.diff(b));

这样你就可以用array1。diff(array2)来得到它们的区别算法的时间复杂度很可怕- O(array1。长度(我相信)

使用http://phrogz.net/JS/ArraySetMath.js你可以:

var array1 = ["test1", "test2","test3", "test4"];
var array2 = ["test1", "test2","test3","test4", "test5", "test6"];

var array3 = array2.subtract( array1 );
// ["test5", "test6"]

var array4 = array1.exclusion( array2 );
// ["test5", "test6"]

以上Joshaven Potter的回答非常棒。但是它返回数组B中不在数组C中的元素,而不是反过来。例如,如果var a=[1,2,3,4,5,6]。diff([3、4、5、7]);然后它将输出:==>[1,2,6],而不是[1,2,6,7],这是两者之间的实际差异。你仍然可以使用上面的Potter代码,但也可以简单地向后做一次比较:

Array.prototype.diff = function(a) {
    return this.filter(function(i) {return !(a.indexOf(i) > -1);});
};

////////////////////  
// Examples  
////////////////////

var a=[1,2,3,4,5,6].diff( [3,4,5,7]);
var b=[3,4,5,7].diff([1,2,3,4,5,6]);
var c=a.concat(b);
console.log(c);

这应该输出:[1,2,6,7]