Merge pull request #155 from prodigic/symmetric

added symmetric difference note to Array difference
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Angelos Chalaris
2017-12-16 18:36:10 +02:00
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Create a `Set` from `b`, then use `Array.filter()` on `a` to only keep values not contained in `b`.
```js
const difference = (a, b) => { const s = new Set(b); return a.filter(x => !s.has(x)); };
// difference([1,2,3], [1,2]) -> [3]
const difference = (a, b) => { const s = new Set(b); a.filter(x => !s.has(x)); };
// difference([1,2,3], [1,2,4]) -> [3]
```
This function can also be used to generate the symmetric difference or disjunctive union by swapping the
arrays and combining the results.
```js
const symmetricDifference = (a, b) => [...difference(a,b), ...difference(b,a)];
// difference([1,2,3], [1,2,4]) -> [3,4]
```