Determining whether one array contains the contents of another array in JavaScript/CoffeeScript

Question

In JavaScript, how do I test that one array has the elements of another array?

arr1 = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
[8, 1, 10, 2, 3, 4, 5, 9].function_name(arr1) # => t         


        

Answer 1

No set function does this, but you can simply do an ad-hoc array intersection and check the length.

[8, 1, 10, 2, 3, 4, 5, 9].filter(function (elem) {
    return arr1.indexOf(elem) > -1;
}).length == arr1.length

A more efficient way to do this would be to use .every which will short circuit in falsy cases.

arr1.every(elem => arr2.indexOf(elem) > -1);