Is there an Array equality match function that ignores element position in jest.js?

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Benjamin H Boruff picture Benjamin H Boruff · Oct 19, 2016 · Viewed 41.8k times · Source

I get that .toEqual() checks equality of all fields for plain objects:

expect(
    {"key1":"pink  wool","key2":"diorite"}
).toEqual(
    {"key2":"diorite","key1":"pink wool"}
);

So this passes.

But the same is not true for arrays:

expect(["pink wool", "diorite"]).toEqual(["diorite", "pink wool"]);

There does not seem to be a matcher function that does this in the jest docs, i.e. that tests for the equality of two arrays irrespective of their elements positions. Do I have to test each element in one array against all the elements in the other and vice versa? Or is there another way?

Answer

biphobe picture biphobe · Oct 21, 2016

There is no built-in method to compare arrays without comparing the order, but you can simply sort the arrays using .sort() before making a comparison:

expect(["ping wool", "diorite"].sort()).toEqual(["diorite", "pink wool"].sort());

You can check the example in this fiddle.

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