How to get the difference between two arrays of objects in JavaScript

Question

I have two result sets like this:

// Result 1
[
    { value: \"0\", display: \"Jamsheer\" },
    { value: \"1\", display: \"Muhammed\" },
    { value: \"2\",         


        

Answer 1

I think the @Cerbrus solution is spot on. I have implemented the same solution but extracted the repeated code into it's own function (DRY).

 function filterByDifference(array1, array2, compareField) {
  var onlyInA = differenceInFirstArray(array1, array2, compareField);
  var onlyInb = differenceInFirstArray(array2, array1, compareField);
  return onlyInA.concat(onlyInb);
}

function differenceInFirstArray(array1, array2, compareField) {
  return array1.filter(function (current) {
    return array2.filter(function (current_b) {
        return current_b[compareField] === current[compareField];
      }).length == 0;
  });
}