我想要一个类似的函数，它接受一个旧数组和一个新数组，并给我一个添加项的数组和一个删除项的数组，我希望它是有效的(所以没有.contains!)。

你可以在这里尝试我提出的解决方案:http://jsbin.com/osewu3/12。

有人能看出算法的问题或改进吗?谢谢!

代码清单:

function diff(o, n) {
  // deal with empty lists
  if (o == undefined) o = [];
  if (n == undefined) n = [];

  // sort both arrays (or this won't work)
  o.sort(); n.sort();

  // don't compare if either list is empty
  if (o.length == 0 || n.length == 0) return {added: n, removed: o};

  // declare temporary variables
  var op = 0; var np = 0;
  var a = []; var r = [];

  // compare arrays and add to add or remove lists
  while (op < o.length && np < n.length) {
      if (o[op] < n[np]) {
          // push to diff?
          r.push(o[op]);
          op++;
      }
      else if (o[op] > n[np]) {
          // push to diff?
          a.push(n[np]);
          np++;
      }
      else {
          op++;np++;
      }
  }

  // add remaining items
  if( np < n.length )
    a = a.concat(n.slice(np, n.length));
  if( op < o.length )
    r = r.concat(o.slice(op, o.length));

  return {added: a, removed: r}; 
}

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(', ') );

CoffeeScript版本:

diff = (val for val in array1 when val not in array2)

这是我用来获得两个数组之间的差异的函数-它适用于数值，字符串，混合num/字符串数组。在数组/多维数组中不是对象文字

function diff(arr1, arr2) {

    var x, 
        t;

    function uniq(a, b) {
        t = b;

        if( (b === 0 && x[b+1]!==a) || 
           (t > 0 && a !== x[b+1] && a !== x[b-1]) ) {
            return  a;
        }
    }


    x = arr1.concat(arr2).sort();

    return x.filter(uniq);
}

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

diff(a1, a2);

var compare = array1.length > array2.length ? array1 : array2;
var compareWith = array1.length > array2.length ? array2 : array1;
var uniqueValues = compareWith.filter(function(value){
                    if(compare.indexOf(vakye) == -1)
                       return true;
                   });

这将检查数组中哪个更大，然后进行比较。

我就遇到了这个问题，就是求两个简单数组的差值

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

// need ["c", "d"]

我不明白为什么不使用基本的for循环:

for(var i=0; i < a1.length; i++) {
  for(var j=0; j < a2.length; j++) {
    if(a1[i] == a2[j]) {
      a2.splice(j, 1);
    }
  }
}

这将返回所需的["c"， "d"]

[编辑]提议正上方，看到晚了。

不管怎样，有什么好的理由来避免这个简单的解决方案吗?