Re: intersection of 2 arrays

[davidf(at)dfanning.com (David Fanning)]

Dave Marshall (dmarshall@ivory.trentu.ca) writes:

> I never seem to have the problem at the time when it is being discussed 
> here since I remember something about this in the past.
> 
> I have 2 arrays and would like a 3rd that contains the set intersection of 
> the 2. Each element in each is unique. 
> 
> This seems like a basic function but after searching in help, etc. I didn't 
> come up with an elegant solution. Maybe its too basic and I should know it?

There is some information about this sort of thing in this
article on my web page:

   http://www.dfanning.com/tips/set_operations.html

Cheers,

David

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