Adapted from: https://stackoverflow.com/a/4026828/1830259
Array.prototype.union = function(a)
{
var r = this.slice(0);
a.forEach(function(i) { if (r.indexOf(i) < 0) r.push(i); });
return r;
};
Array.prototype.diff = function(a)
{
return this.filter(function(i) {return a.indexOf(i) < 0;});
};
var s1 = [1, 2, 3, 4];
var s2 = [3, 4, 5, 6];
console.log("s1: " + s1);
console.log("s2: " + s2);
console.log("s1.union(s2): " + s1.union(s2));
console.log("s2.union(s1): " + s2.union(s1));
console.log("s1.diff(s2): " + s1.diff(s2));
console.log("s2.diff(s1): " + s2.diff(s1));
// Output:
// s1: 1,2,3,4
// s2: 3,4,5,6
// s1.union(s2): 1,2,3,4,5,6
// s2.union(s1): 3,4,5,6,1,2
// s1.diff(s2): 1,2
// s2.diff(s1): 5,6