How to use underscore's “intersection” on objects?

Question

_.intersection([], [])

only works with primitive types, right?

It doesn\'t work with objects. How can I make it work with objects (maybe b

Answer 1

If you wanna compare only objects:

b = {"1":{"prod":"fibaro"},"2":{"prod":"aeotec"},"3":{"prod":"sw"}}; 
a = {"1":{"prod":"fibaro"}};


_.intersectObjects = function(a,b){
    var m = Object.keys(a).length;
    var n = Object.keys(b).length;
    var output;
    if (m > n) output = _.clone(a); else output = _.clone(b);

    var keys = _.xor(_.keys(a),_.keys(b));
    for(k in keys){
        console.log(k);
        delete output[keys[k]];
    }
    return output;
}
_.intersectObjects(a,b); // this returns { '1': { prod: 'fibaro' } }

Answer 2

In lodash 4.0.0. We can try like this

var a = [ {'id': 1, 'name': 'jake' }, {'id':4, 'name': 'jenny'} ];
var b = [ {'id': 1, 'name': 'jake' }, {'id': 9, 'name': 'nick'} ];

_.intersectionBy(a, b, 'id');

Output:

[ {'id': 1, 'name': 'jake' } ];

Answer 3

Technically, it does work on objects, but you need to be careful of reference equality.

var jake = {'id': 1, 'name': 'jake' },
    jenny = {'id':4, 'name': 'jenny'},
    nick =  {'id': 9, 'name': 'nick'};
var a = [jake, jenny]
var b = [jake, nick];

_.intersection(a, b);
// is
[jake]

Answer 4

var a = [ {'id': 1, 'name': 'jake' }, {'id':4, 'name': 'jenny'} ];
var b = [ {'id': 1, 'name': 'jake' }, {'id': 9, 'name': 'nick'} ];

Working function:

 function intersection(a,b){
  var c=[];
   for(m in a){
      for(n in b){
         if((a[m].id==a[n].id)&&(a[m].name==b[n].name))
                 c.push(a[m]);          
      }}
    return c;
  }
console.log(intersection(a,b));

I have also tried code in jQuery specially after Pointy's suggestion. Compare has to be customizable as per the structure of JSON object.

<script type="text/javascript">
jQuery(document).ready(function(){
    var a = [ {'id': 1, 'name': 'jake' }, {'id':4, 'name': 'jenny'} ];
    var b = [ {'id': 1, 'name': 'jake' }, {'id': 9, 'name': 'nick'} ];
    var c=[];
    jQuery.each(a, function(ka,va) {
       jQuery.each(b, function(kb,vb) {      
                if(compare(va,vb))
                    c.push(va); 
     });   
    });
     console.log(c);  
});
function compare(a,b){
  if(a.id==b.id&&a.name==b.name)
     return true;
  else return false;
}
</script>