diff --git a/comparisons.go b/comparisons.go new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a0624a1 --- /dev/null +++ b/comparisons.go @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +package utils + +// GetUniqueElementsOfStringSlices finds the elements that are in the first slice but not in the second slice +func GetUniqueElementsOfStringSlices(a, b []string) []string { + // Create a map to store the elements of "b" + mapOfElementsOfSliceB := make(map[string]bool) + for _, e := range b { + mapOfElementsOfSliceB[e] = true + } + + // Iterate through "a" and find the elements that are not in "b" + var uniqueElementsOfSliceA []string + for _, e := range a { + if !mapOfElementsOfSliceB[e] { + uniqueElementsOfSliceA = append(uniqueElementsOfSliceA, e) + } + } + + return uniqueElementsOfSliceA +} diff --git a/comparisons_test.go b/comparisons_test.go new file mode 100644 index 0000000..74e7fda --- /dev/null +++ b/comparisons_test.go @@ -0,0 +1,47 @@ +package utils + +import ( + "reflect" + "testing" +) + +func TestGetUniqueElementsOfStringSlices(t *testing.T) { + data := []map[string][]string{ + { + "a": []string{"apple", "banana", "cherry"}, + "b": []string{"banana", "cherry", "date", "fig"}, + "expectedResult": []string{"apple"}, + }, + { + "a": []string{"banana", "cherry", "date", "fig"}, + "b": []string{"apple", "banana", "cherry"}, + "expectedResult": []string{"date", "fig"}, + }, + { + "a": []string{"apple", "banana", "cherry"}, + "b": []string{"apple", "banana", "cherry"}, + "expectedResult": []string{}, + }, + { + "a": []string{}, + "b": []string{"apple", "banana", "cherry"}, + "expectedResult": []string{}, + }, + { + "a": []string{"apple", "banana", "cherry"}, + "b": []string{}, + "expectedResult": []string{"apple", "banana", "cherry"}, + }, + } + + for _, test := range data { + result := GetUniqueElementsOfStringSlices(test["a"], test["b"]) + if !reflect.DeepEqual(result, test["expectedResult"]) { + if len(result) == 0 && len(test["expectedResult"]) == 0 { + continue + } + + t.Errorf("\ngot: %q\nwanted: %q\nfor: %q", result, test["expectedResult"], test) + } + } +}