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How to check whether multiple values exist within an Javascript array

rated 0 times [ 51] [ 3] / answers: 1 / hits: 161947 / 13 Years ago, thu, february 9, 2012, 12:00:00

So, I'm using Jquery and have two arrays both with multiple values and I want to check whether all the values in the first array exist in the second.

For instance, example 1...

Array A contains the following values

34, 78, 89

Array B contains the following values

78, 67, 34, 99, 56, 89

This would return true

...example 2:

Array A contains the following values

34, 78, 89

Array B contains the following values

78, 67, 99, 56, 89

This would return false

...example 3:

Array A contains the following values

34, 78, 89

Array B contains the following values

78, 89

This would return false

So far I have tried to solve this by:

Extending Jquery with a custom 'compare' method to compare the two arrays. Problem is this only returns true when the arrays are identical and as you can see from example 1 I want it to return true even if they aren't identical but at least contain the value

using Jquerys .inArray function, but this only checks for one value in an array, not multiple.

Any light that anyone could throw on this would be great.

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answered 13 Years ago anjelicadixied · Accepted Answer

function containsAll(needles, haystack){ 

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

     if($.inArray(needles[i], haystack) == -1) return false;

  }

  return true;

}



containsAll([34, 78, 89], [78, 67, 34, 99, 56, 89]); // true

containsAll([34, 78, 89], [78, 67, 99, 56, 89]); // false

containsAll([34, 78, 89], [78, 89]); // false