# Set.prototype.isDisjointFrom() — Description

> Two sets are _disjoint_ if they have no elements in common. In mathematical notation A is disjoint from B⇔A∩B=∅A\text{ is disjoint from }B \Leftrightarrow A\cap B = \empty A Venn diagram with two circles. A and B are disjoint because the circles have no region of overlap. isDisjointFrom()

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Two sets are _disjoint_ if they have no elements in common. In mathematical notation

A&amp;nbsp;is disjoint from&amp;nbsp;B⇔A∩B=∅A\text{ is disjoint from }B \Leftrightarrow A\cap B = \empty

A Venn diagram with two circles. A and B are disjoint because the circles have no region of overlap.

isDisjointFrom() accepts set-like objects as the other parameter. It requires {{jsxref("this")}} to be an actual {{jsxref("Set")}} instance, because it directly retrieves the underlying data stored in this without invoking any user code. Then, its behavior depends on the sizes of this and other

If there are more elements in this than other.size, then it iterates over other by calling its keys() method, and if any element in other is present in this, it returns false (and closes the keys() iterator by calling its return() method). Otherwise, it returns true. Otherwise, it iterates over the elements in this, and returns false if any element e in this causes other.has(e) to return a truthy value. Otherwise, it returns true.

Because of this implementation, the efficiency of isDisjointFrom() mostly depends on the size of the smaller set between this and other (assuming sets can be accessed in sublinear time).

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