Find the number of duplicates in two or more arrays

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I’m trying to compare and find how many duplicates are there in two arrays.

const array1 = [a, b, c, d, e]
const array2 = [b, f, c, z, y]

let identical = 0

for (let i = 0; i < array1.length; i++) {
        if (array1[i] === array2[i]) {
          identical++
        }
      }

console.log(identical)
// returns 2

I did this but I want to use a shorter syntax (ES6 syntax)

3 thoughts on “Find the number of duplicates in two or more arrays”

  1. reduce can count up the number of matches pretty concisely:

    const identical = array1.reduce(
  // on each iteration, return the prior accumulator value
  // (matches found so far)
  // plus one, if the current iteration is a match, otherwise plus zero
  (a, num, i) => a + (num === array2[i]),
  0 // initial value
);
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  2. If you want to count only same items per index, you can use .reduce as follows:

    const array1 = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e'];
const array2 = ['b', 'f', 'c', 'z', 'y'];

const identical = array1.reduce((acc, item, index) => 
  array2[index]===item ? acc+1 : acc
, 0);

console.log(identical);
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  3. reduce() is the fit for purpose method, but you can also achieve this by using filter() and accessing the length of the returned array of identical elements.

    const array1 = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e'];
const array2 = ['b', 'f', 'c', 'z', 'y'];

let identical = array1.filter((e, i) => e === array2[i]).length;

console.log(identical)
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