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Feature #16155

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Add an Array#intersection method

Added by connorshea (Connor Shea) over 4 years ago. Updated over 4 years ago.

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[ruby-core:94855]

Description

Array#union and Array#difference were added in Ruby 2.6 (see this bug), but an equivalent for & (intersection) was not.

I'd like to propose Array#intersection. This would essentially just be a more readable alias for Array#&, in the same way that Array#| and Array#- have Array#union and Array#difference.

I think it'd make sense for Ruby to have a more readable name for this method :)

Current syntax:

[ 1, 1, 3, 5 ] & [ 3, 2, 1 ]                 #=> [ 1, 3 ]
[ 'a', 'b', 'b', 'z' ] & [ 'a', 'b', 'c' ]   #=> [ 'a', 'b' ]

What I'd like to see added:

[ 1, 1, 3, 5 ].intersection([ 3, 2, 1 ])                #=> [ 1, 3 ]
[ 'a', 'b', 'b', 'z' ].intersection([ 'a', 'b', 'c' ])  #=> [ 'a', 'b' ]

mame asks about intersection in this comment on the union/difference bug, but as far as I can tell it was never addressed.

Set#intersection already exists and is an alias for Set#&, so there's precedent for such a method to exist.

Thanks for Ruby, I enjoy using it a lot! :)

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