removing duplicates in javascript map code example

Example 1: javascript to remove duplicates from an array

uniqueArray = a.filter(function(item, pos) {
    return a.indexOf(item) == pos; 
})

Example 2: removing duplicates from array javascript

var names = ["Mike","Matt","Nancy","Adam","Jenny","Nancy","Carl"];
var uniqueNames = [];
$.each(names, function(i, el){
    if($.inArray(el, uniqueNames) === -1) uniqueNames.push(el);
});