get matching items in arrays

Question

I found another question on here that told how to get the matching items in 2 arrays like this:

matches = array1 & array2

However I have an array of arrays. like:

[[1,2,3,4],[2,3,4,5],[1,3,4,5]]

In this case I want to return 3 and 4 because they are in all three arrays.

How do I go about doing that?

Thank you!

mu is too short · Accepted Answer · 2011-10-07 20:48:59Z

7

Like this:

a.reduce(:&)

For example:

>> a = [[1,2,3,4],[2,3,4,5],[1,3,4,5]] => [[1, 2, 3, 4], [2, 3, 4, 5], [1, 3, 4, 5]] >> a.reduce(:&) => [3, 4]

answered Oct 7, 2011 at 20:48

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