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The isSupersetOf()
method of Set
instances takes a set and returns a boolean indicating if all elements of the given set are in this set.
true
if all elements in the other
set are also in this set, and false
otherwise.
In mathematical notation, superset is defined as:
A â B â â x â B , x â A A\supseteq B \Leftrightarrow \forall x\in B,\,x\in AAnd using Venn diagram:
Note: The superset relationship is not proper superset, which means isSupersetOf()
returns true
if this
and other
contain the same elements.
isSupersetOf()
accepts set-like objects as the other
parameter. It requires this
to be an actual Set
instance, because it directly retrieves the underlying data stored in this
without invoking any user code. Then, its behavior depends on the sizes of this
and other
:
this
than other.size
, then it directly returns false
.other
by calling its keys()
method, and if any element in other
is not present in this
, it returns false
(and closes the keys()
iterator by calling its return()
method). Otherwise, it returns true
.The set of even numbers (<20) is a superset of multiples of 4 (<20):
const evens = new Set([2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18]);
const fours = new Set([4, 8, 12, 16]);
console.log(evens.isSupersetOf(fours)); // true
The set of all odd numbers (<20) is not a superset of prime numbers (<20), because 2 is prime but not odd:
const primes = new Set([2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19]);
const odds = new Set([3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19]);
console.log(odds.isSupersetOf(primes)); // false
Equivalent sets are supersets of each other:
const set1 = new Set([1, 2, 3]);
const set2 = new Set([1, 2, 3]);
console.log(set1.isSupersetOf(set2)); // true
console.log(set2.isSupersetOf(set1)); // true
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