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<a href="/ruby/Set">Set</a> Intersection—Returns a new array containing elements common to the two arrays, with no duplicates.

   [ 1, 1, 3, 5 ] & [ 1, 2, 3 ]   #=> [ 1, 3 ]

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/* 
 *  call-seq:
 *     array & other_array
 *
 *  Set Intersection---Returns a new array
 *  containing elements common to the two arrays, with no duplicates.
 *
 *     [ 1, 1, 3, 5 ] & [ 1, 2, 3 ]   #=> [ 1, 3 ]
 */


static VALUE
rb_ary_and(ary1, ary2)
    VALUE ary1, ary2;
{
    VALUE hash, ary3, v, vv;
    long i;

    ary2 = to_ary(ary2);
    ary3 = rb_ary_new2(RARRAY(ary1)->len < RARRAY(ary2)->len ?
            RARRAY(ary1)->len : RARRAY(ary2)->len);
    hash = ary_make_hash(ary2, 0);

    for (i=0; i<RARRAY(ary1)->len; i++) {
        v = vv = rb_ary_elt(ary1, i);
        if (st_delete(RHASH(hash)->tbl, (st_data_t*)&vv, 0)) {
            rb_ary_push(ary3, v);
        }
    }

    return ary3;
}

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