compare two arrays and return common values javascript code example

Example 1: javascript get array difference

function arrayDiff (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]]) {
            delete a[a2[i]];
        } else {
            a[a2[i]] = true;
        }
    }
    for (var k in a) {
        diff.push(k);
    }
    return diff;
}
//usage:
console.log(arrayDiff(['red', 'white','green'], [ 'red','white', 'blue']));//["green", "blue"]

Example 2: javascript find matching elements in two arrays

const intersection = array1.filter(element => array2.includes(element));

Example 3: javascript find matching elements in two arrays

let firstArray = ["One", "Two", "Three", "Four", "Five"];
let secondArray = ["Three", "Four"];

let map = {};
firstArray.forEach(i => map[i] = false);
secondArray.forEach(i => map[i] === false && (map[i] = true));
let jsonArray = Object.keys(map).map(k => ({ name: k, matched: map[k] }));