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Learning JavaScript Data Structures and Algorithms

You're reading from   Learning JavaScript Data Structures and Algorithms Hone your skills by learning classic data structures and algorithms in JavaScript

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2016
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781785285493
Length 314 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Loiane Avancini Loiane Avancini
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Preface 1. JavaScript—A Quick Overview FREE CHAPTER 2. Arrays 3. Stacks 4. Queues 5. Linked Lists 6. Sets 7. Dictionaries and Hashes 8. Trees 9. Graphs 10. Sorting and Searching Algorithms 11. Patterns of Algorithm 12. Algorithm Complexity

Set operations


We can perform the following operations on sets:

  • Union: Given two sets, this returns a new set with elements from both the given sets

  • Intersection: Given two sets, this returns a new set with the elements that exist in both sets

  • Difference: Given two sets, this returns a new set with all the elements that exist in the first set and do not exist in the second set

  • Subset: This confirms whether a given set is a subset of another set

Set union

The mathematic concept of union is: the union of sets A and B, denoted by:

This set is defined as:

This means that x (the element) exists in A or x exists in B. The following diagram exemplifies the union operation:

Now, let's implement the union method in our Set class via the following code:

this.union = function(otherSet){ 
  let unionSet = new Set(); //{1} 
 
  let values = this.values(); //{2} 
  for (let i=0; i<values.length; i++){ 
    unionSet.add(values[i]); 
  } 
 
  values = otherSet.values(); //{3} 
  for (let i=0; i&lt...
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