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Union of Array of Objects in JavaScript and es6?

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So after searching the interwebz for a few hours I have not found the solution I am looking for.

I have two arrays that contain game objects with a lot of information inside. (e.g. title, slug, thumbnail, summary, genre, release date...).

The Array 1 is a collection of objects that match user's interests specified during the registration.

The Array 2 is a collection of objects that match purchased games of similar users. (Similar users are those that share common interests)

Problem: It is possible, and what is happening in my case, there are two identical games - the game in Array 1 is also in Array 2. In the first array the game is there because it matches user's interests. In the second array the game is there because a similar user has bought that game.

Question: Underscore.js has a nice little function union() http://underscorejs.org/#union that gives you a union of two arrays, but it does not work with an array of objects, only on primitive values. How could I make it work give me a union of array of objects?

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answered 12 Years ago kerryoliviaa · Accepted Answer

You could implement your own pretty easily. In this case, we make the function generic, so that it can take arrays of any data type(s) and union them using the comparator function provided.

// arr1 and arr2 are arrays of any length; equalityFunc is a function which

// can compare two items and return true if they're equal and false otherwise

function arrayUnion(arr1, arr2, equalityFunc) {

    var union = arr1.concat(arr2);



    for (var i = 0; i < union.length; i++) {

        for (var j = i+1; j < union.length; j++) {

            if (equalityFunc(union[i], union[j])) {

                union.splice(j, 1);

                j--;

            }

        }

    }



    return union;

}



function areGamesEqual(g1, g2) {

    return g1.title === g2.title;

}



// Function call example

arrayUnion(arr1, arr2, areGamesEqual);

Refer to Object comparison in JavaScript for various object comparison implementations.