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Ruby | Set intersect?() function

The intersect?() is an inbuilt method in Ruby returns true if the set and the given set have at least one element in common.

Syntax: s1_name.intersect?(s2_name)



Parameters: The function accepts a mandatory parameter set with whom it is checked for.

Return Value: It returns true if the set and the given set have at least one element in common or else it returns false.



Example 1:




# Ruby program to illustrate 
# the intersect method 
   
# requires the set 
require "set"
   
s1 = Set[16, 8, 3, 5, 2]
   
s2 = Set[18, 17, 2]
   
# intersect method used
puts s1.intersect?(s2)

Output:

true

Example 2:




# Ruby program to illustrate 
# the intersect method 
   
# requires the set 
require "set"
   
s1 = Set[16, 8]
   
s2 = Set[18, 17, 56]
   
# intersect method used
puts s1.intersect?(s2)

Output:

false
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