How do I check in Swift if two arrays contain the same elements regardless of the order in which those elements appear in?

Question

Let\'s say there are two arrays...

var array1 = [\"a\", \"b\", \"c\"]
var array2 = [\"b\", \"c\", \"a\"]

I\'d like the result of the compar

Answer 1

Create function to compare them:

func containSameElements(var firstArray firstArray: [String], var secondArray: [String]) -> Bool {
    if firstArray.count != secondArray.count {
        return false
    } else {
        firstArray.sortInPlace()
        secondArray.sortInPlace()
        return firstArray == secondArray
    }
}

Then:

var array1 = ["a", "a", "b"]
var array2 = ["a", "b", "a"]

var array3 = ["a", "b", "c"]
var array4 = ["b", "c", "a", "d"]

print(containSameElements(firstArray: array1, secondArray: array2)) //true
print(containSameElements(firstArray: array3, secondArray: array4)) //false
print(array1) //["a", "a", "b"]
print(array2) //["a", "b", "a"]
print(array3) //["a", "b", "c"]
print(array4) //["b", "c", "a", "d"]