Is there a way to compare differences between arrays based on changes on their elements positions?
I have an original array of objects which undergoes a change on one of it's element's values, this change is mapped into a new array:
origElements = [{id: 1, value: 50},
{id: 2, value: 60},
{id: 3, value: 70}]
changedElements = [{id: 1, value: 50},
{id: 3, value: 60},
{id: 2, value: 120}]
var diff = _.difference(_.pluck(origElements, "id"), _.pluck(changedElements, "id"));
var result = _.filter(origElements, function(obj) { return diff.indexOf(obj.id) >= 0; });
In this case it is clear why 'result' would return nothing. As there's no difference of values between: [1, 2, 3] and [1, 3, 2]. What I'm trying to achieve here is a 'strict difference' which would look at index as well, thus returning some reference to the new order of the objects.