filter unique items in array javascript code example

Example 1: array unique values javascript

const myArray = ['a', 1, 'a', 2, '1'];
const unique = [...new Set(myArray)]; // ['a', 1, 2, '1']

Example 2: javascript remove uniques from array

function getNotUnique(array) {
    var map = new Map();
    array.forEach(a => map.set(a, (map.get(a) || 0) + 1));
    return array.filter(a => map.get(a) > 1);
}

console.log(getNotUnique([1, 2, 2, 4, 4])); //[2, 2, 4, 4]
console.log(getNotUnique([1, 2, 3] )); //[]