get unique values from array of objects javascript code example

Example 1: filter array with unique objects javascript

const array =
  [
    { "name": "Joe", "age": 17 },
    { "name": "Bob", "age": 17 },
    { "name": "Carl", "age": 35 }
  ]

const key = 'age';

const arrayUniqueByKey = [...new Map(array.map(item =>
  [item[key], item])).values()];

console.log(arrayUniqueByKey);

   /*OUTPUT
       [
        { "name": "Bob", "age": 17 },
        { "name": "Carl", "age": 35 }
       ]
   */

 // Note: this will pick the last duplicated item in the list.

Example 2: javascript map return array with distinc values

//ES6
let array = [
  { "name": "Joe", "age": 17 },
  { "name": "Bob", "age": 17 },
  { "name": "Carl", "age": 35 }
];
array.map(item => item.age)
  .filter((value, index, self) => self.indexOf(value) === index)

> [17, 35]

Example 3: javascript get unique values from key

const unique = [...new Set(array.map(item => item.age))];

Example 4: javascript remove duplicates from array

function toUniqueArray(a){
    var newArr = [];
    for (var i = 0; i < a.length; i++) {
        if (newArr.indexOf(a[i]) === -1) {
            newArr.push(a[i]);
        }
    }
  return newArr;
}
var colors = ["red","red","green","green","green"];
var colorsUnique=toUniqueArray(colors); // ["red","green"]

Example 5: get only unique values from array javascript

arr = [2, 2, 2, 1, 3, 3, 3,3, 4, 5];
arr = arr.sort().filter((item,i)=>!(arr[i] == arr[i+1] || arr[i-1]==arr[i]));
// this will remove all item which are repeating more then one
console.log(arr);
// [1, 4, 5]

Example 6: javascript find unique values in array of objects

var flags = [], output = [], l = array.length, i;
for( i=0; i<l; i++) {
    if( flags[array[i].age]) continue;
    flags[array[i].age] = true;
    output.push(array[i].age);
}