I have two arrays

var array1 = new Array ["a", "b", "c", "d", "e"];
var array2 = new Array ["a", "c", "d"];

I want to remove elements of array2 from array1

Result ["b", "e"]

Is there anything like

array1 = array1.remove(array2)

Note I'm using jquery-1.9.1

I have two arrays

var array1 = new Array ["a", "b", "c", "d", "e"];
var array2 = new Array ["a", "c", "d"];

I want to remove elements of array2 from array1

Result ["b", "e"]

Is there anything like

array1 = array1.remove(array2)

Note I'm using jquery-1.9.1

• javascript
• jquery
• arrays

• possible duplicate of JavaScript array difference – Itay Commented Sep 25, 2013 at 7:31

5 Answers 5

Try:

var diff = $(array1).not(array2).get();

function difference(source, toRemove) {
    return source.filter(function(value){
        return toRemove.indexOf(value) == -1;
    });
}

NOTE: Array.prototype.indexOf and Array.prototype.filter are not available before IE9!

Although lot of ways to achieve it through native java script but i remend to see Underscore library

Underscore JS is what you need. This library has lots of useful array manipulation functions. Underscore JS

Underscore.js library helps: Hers is what you need

_.difference(array1, array2);