function array_remove_repeat(a) { // 去重
  var r = [];
  for(var i = 0; i < a.length; i ++) {
    var flag = true;
    var temp = a[i];
    for(var j = 0; j < r.length; j ++) {
      if(temp === r[j]) {
        flag = false;
        break;
      }
    }
    if(flag) {
      r.push(temp);
    }
  }
  return r;
}
function array_intersection(a, b) { // 交集
  var result = [];
  for(var i = 0; i < b.length; i ++) {
    var temp = b[i];
    for(var j = 0; j < a.length; j ++) {
      if(temp === a[j]) {
        result.push(temp);
        break;
      }
    }
  }
  return array_remove_repeat(result);
}
function array_union(a, b) { // 并集
  return array_remove_repeat(a.concat(b));
}
function array_difference(a, b) { // 差集 a - b
  //clone = a
  var clone = a.slice(0);
  for(var i = 0; i < b.length; i ++) {
    var temp = b[i];
    for(var j = 0; j < clone.length; j ++) {
      if(temp === clone[j]) {
        //remove clone[j]
        clone.splice(j,1);
      }
    }
  }
  return array_remove_repeat(clone);
}
a = [1,2,3,4,5];
b = [3,4,5,6,7];
c = array_intersection(a, b);
d = array_union(a, b);
e = array_difference(a, b);
f = array_difference(b, a);
console.log("test array a:", a, " b:", b);
console.log("a & b :", c);
console.log("a + b :", d);
console.log("a - b:", e);
console.log("b - a:", f);

stephen@stephen:~/openstack/demo/nodejs$ node set_operation.js
test array a: [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ]  b: [ 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 ]
a & b : [ 3, 4, 5 ]
a + b : [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 ]
a - b: [ 1, 2 ]
b - a: [ 6, 7 ]