Find missing element by comparing 2 arrays in Javascript

Question

For some reason I\'m having some serious difficulty wrapping my mind around this problem. I need this JS function that accepts 2 arrays, compares the 2, and then returns a s

Answer 1

This should work. You should also consider the case where the elements of the arrays are actually arrays too. The indexOf might not work as expected then.

function findDeselectedItem(CurrentArray, PreviousArray) {

   var CurrentArrSize = CurrentArray.length;
   var PreviousArrSize = PreviousArray.length;

   // loop through previous array
   for(var j = 0; j < PreviousArrSize; j++) {

      // look for same thing in new array
      if (CurrentArray.indexOf(PreviousArray[j]) == -1)
         return PreviousArray[j];

   }

   return null;

}