Getting the difference between two sets
So if I have two sets:
Set<Integer> test1 = new HashSet<Integer>();
test1.add(1);
test1.add(2);
test1.add(3);
Set<Integer> test2 = new HashSet<Integer>();
test2.add(1);
test2.add(2);
test2.add(3);
test2.add(4);
test2.add(5);
Is there a way to compare them and only have a set of 4 and 5 returned?
Try this
test2.removeAll(test1);
Set#removeAll
Removes from this set all of its elements that are contained in the specified collection (optional operation). If the specified collection is also a set, this operation effectively modifies this set so that its value is the asymmetric set difference of the two sets.
If you use Guava (former Google Collections) library there is a solution:
SetView<Number> difference = com.google.common.collect.Sets.difference(test2, test1);
The returned SetView
is a Set
, it is a live representation you can either make immutable or copy to another set. test1
and test2
are left intact.