Remove all elements contained in another array
Use the Array.filter()
method:
myArray = myArray.filter( function( el ) {
return toRemove.indexOf( el ) < 0;
} );
Small improvement, as browser support for Array.includes()
has increased:
myArray = myArray.filter( function( el ) {
return !toRemove.includes( el );
} );
Next adaptation using arrow functions:
myArray = myArray.filter( ( el ) => !toRemove.includes( el ) );
ECMAScript 6 sets can permit faster computing of the elements of one array that aren't in the other:
const myArray = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f', 'g'];
const toRemove = new Set(['b', 'c', 'g']);
const difference = myArray.filter( x => !toRemove.has(x) );
console.log(difference); // ["a", "d", "e", "f"]
Since the lookup complexity for the V8 engine browsers use these days is O(1), the time complexity of the whole algorithm is O(n).