30-seconds-of-code/snippets/difference.md

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difference	array,math,beginner

Returns the difference between two arrays.

Create a Set from b, then use Array.prototype.filter() on a to only keep values not contained in b.

const difference = (a, b) => {
  const s = new Set(b);
  return a.filter(x => !s.has(x));
};

difference([1, 2, 3], [1, 2, 4]); // [3]