javascript remove duplicate words from string code example

Example 1: javascript remove duplicate letters in a string

function removeDuplicateCharacters(string) {
  return string
    .split('')
    .filter(function(item, pos, self) {
      return self.indexOf(item) == pos;
    })
    .join('');
}
console.log(removeDuplicateCharacters('baraban'));

Example 2: javascript remove duplicate strings from array

//ES6
let uniqueArray = [...new Set(arrayWithDuplicates)];

//Alternative
function removeArrayDuplicates(arrayWithDuplicates) {
    let seen = {};
    let uniqueArray = [];
    let len = arrayWithDuplicates.length;
    let j = 0;
    for(let i = 0; i < len; i++) {
         let item = arrayWithDuplicates[i];
         if(seen[item] !== 1) {
               seen[item] = 1;
               uniqueArray[j++] = item;
         }
    }
    return uniqueArray;
}