Introduction

Greetings, programming enthusiast! In this unit, we're embarking on a thrilling numerical quest where unidentified bridges connect the islands of data. On these bridges, we'll see maps and collections, all converging into slices! Throughout our journey, we'll utilize the fundamental concepts of Go slices and maps to formulate an optimal solution. So, fasten your seatbelt and get ready to solve problems!

Task Statement

The task for this unit is to devise a Go function that accepts two slices containing unique integers and returns another slice containing the elements common to both input slices. This task provides an intriguing perspective on deriving similarities between two data sequences, a scenario commonly encountered in data comparisons and analytics.

For illustration, suppose we're given two slices:

The CommonElements(list1, list2) function should comb through these slices of integers and extract the common elements between them.

The expected outcome in this case should be:

Brute Force Solution and Complexity Analysis

Before we delve into the optimized solution, it is instrumental to consider a basic or naive approach to this problem and analyze its complexity. Often, our first intuitive approach is to iterate over both slices in nested loops and find common elements. In this way, for each element in the first slice, we check for its presence in the second slice. If it's found, it is added to our result slice. Let's see how such a solution would look:

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