How to determine if one array contains all elements of another array in Swift?

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Instead of iterating through arrays and doing filtering yourself, you can use NSSet to do all the work for you.

var list:Array<Int> = [1,2,3,4,5]
var findList:Array<Int> = [1,3,5]

let listSet = NSSet(array: list)
let findListSet = NSSet(array: findList)

let allElemtsEqual = findListSet.isSubsetOfSet(otherSet: listSet)

NSSet is a lot faster than arrays at checking if it contains any object. In fact it’s what it’s designed for.

Edit: Using Swift’s built-in Set.

let list = [1,2,3,4,5]
let findList = [1,3,5]
let listSet = Set(list)
let findListSet = Set(findList)
//**Swift 4.2 and Above**
let allElemsContained = findListSet.isSubset(of: listSet)

//below versions
//let allElemsContained = findListSet.isSubsetOf(listSet)

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