check duplicate names in objects array code example

Example 1: js check if array of objects contains duplicates

const arrayOfObjCopy = [...arrayOfObj];

Object.keys(arrayOfObjCopy).forEach((key) => {
  arrayOfObjCopy[key] = JSON.stringify(arrayOfObjCopy[key]);
 });

const arrayOfObjhasDuplicates = uniq(arrayOfObjCopy).length != arrayOfObjCopy.length;

Example 2: find duplicates in an object array

npm i find-array-duplicates

import duplicates from 'find-array-duplicates'

const names = [
 { 'age': 36, 'name': 'Bob' },
 { 'age': 40, 'name': 'Harry' },
 { 'age': 1,  'name': 'Bob' }
]
 
duplicates(names, 'name').single()
// => [{ 'age': 36, 'name': 'Bob' }]