JavaScript - merge two arrays of objects and de-duplicate based on property value

I came here looking for exactly this, saw @Gruff Bunny 's technique and wondered if 'lodash' wouldn't perhaps be a superior option even to 'underscore'?

Lo and behold :

let result = _.unionBy(updatingArr, origArr, 'name');

Using a double for loop and splice you can do it like so:

for(var i = 0, l = origArr.length; i < l; i++) {
    for(var j = 0, ll = updatingArr.length; j < ll; j++) {
        if(origArr[i].name === updatingArr[j].name) {
            origArr.splice(i, 1, updatingArr[j]);
            break;
        }
    }
}

Example here

You could use Array#map in combination with Array#reduce

var origArr = [{ name: 'Trump', isRunning: true }, { name: 'Cruz', isRunning: true }, { name: 'Kasich', isRunning: true }],
    updatingArr = [{ name: 'Cruz', isRunning: false }, { name: 'Kasich', isRunning: false }],
    NEWArr = origArr.map(function (a) {
        return this[a.name] || a;
    }, updatingArr.reduce(function (r, a) {
        r[a.name] = a;
        return r;
    }, Object.create(null)));

document.write('<pre>' + JSON.stringify(NEWArr, 0, 4) + '</pre>');