Array include any value from another array?

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What's the most efficient way to test if an array contains any element from a second array?

Two examples below, attempting to answer the question does foods contain any element from cheeses:

cheeses = %w(chedder stilton brie mozzarella feta haloumi reblochon)
foods = %w(pizza feta foods bread biscuits yoghurt bacon)

puts cheeses.collect{|c| foods.include?(c)}.include?(true)

puts (cheeses - foods).size < cheeses.size
ruby arrays
5 Answers
require "benchmark"
N = 1_000_000
puts "ruby version: #{RUBY_VERSION}"

CHEESES = %w(chedder stilton brie mozzarella feta haloumi).freeze
FOODS = %w(pizza feta foods bread biscuits yoghurt bacon).freeze

Benchmark.bm(15) do |b|
  b.report("&, empty?") { N.times { (FOODS & CHEESES).empty? } }  
  b.report("any?, include?") { N.times { FOODS.any? {|food| CHEESES.include?(food) } } }  
  b.report("disjoint?") { N.times { FOODS.to_set.disjoint? CHEESES.to_set }}
end  
                      user     system      total        real
&, empty?         0.751068   0.000571   0.751639 (  0.752745)
any?, include?    0.408251   0.000133   0.408384 (  0.408438)
disjoint?        11.616006   0.014806  11.630812 ( 11.637300)
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Set.new(cheeses).disjoint? Set.new(foods)
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