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Lodash _.intersectionBy() Method

Lodash is a JavaScript library that works on the top of underscore.js. Lodash helps in working with arrays, strings, objects, numbers, etc.
The _.intersectionBy() is used to take the intersection of the a array with any number of arrays based on some function that iterates over each element of the array. It returns the array after doing intersection of the arrays.

Syntax:

_.intersectionBy([arrays], [iteratee=_.identity])

Parameters:

  • arrays: It is the array whose intersection has to be taken.
  • iteratee=_.identity: It is the function that iterates over each element of the array whose intersection is to be taken.

Return Value: It returns the array after intersection with no duplicates.

Note: Please install lodash module by npm install lodash before using the below given code.

Example 1: When Iteratee function is not given it behaves same as intersection() function of the lodash.

javascript




// Requiring the lodash library
const _ = require("lodash");
  
// Original arrays
let array1 = [1, 2, 4, 3, 4, 4]
let array2 = [1, 2, 5, 6]
  
// Using _.intersectionBy() method
let newArray = _.intersectionBy(array1, array2);
  
// Printing original Array
console.log("original Array1: ", array1)
console.log("original Array2: ", array2)
  
// Printing the newArray after intersection
console.log("new Array: ", newArray) 


Output: 

Example 2: When Math.ceil() function is used to runs over array1 and all value of array1 are compare to next nearest larger integer and then intersection is taken.

javascript




// Requiring the lodash library
const _ = require("lodash");
  
// Original array and array1 
// float values are given
let array1 = [1.1, 2.6, 4, 3.2, 1, 2]
let array2 = [1, 2, 3, 5, 6]
  
// Using _.intersection() method
// when this function is run array1
// looks like array1=[2, 3, 4, 4, 1, 2]
// after that intersection is taken
let newArray = lodash.intersectionBy(
        array1, array2, Math.ceil);
  
// Printing original Array
console.log("original Array1: ", array1)
console.log("original Array2: ", array2)
  
// Printing the newArray
console.log("new Array: ", newArray)


Output: 

Example 3: When multiple common elements are present it return them only one times and no duplicates are returned in the array.

javascript




// Requiring the lodash library
const _ = require("lodash");
  
// Original array
let array1 = ["a", "b", "c", "a"]
let array2 = ["a", "d", "e", "a"]
  
// Using _.intersection() method
let newArray = lodash.intersectionBy(
        array1, array2, "a");
  
// Printing original Array
console.log("original Array1: ", array1)
console.log("original Array2: ", array2)
  
// Printing the newArray
console.log("new Array: ", newArray)


Output:

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