array filter remove duplicates code example

Example 1: javascript dedupe array

const names = ['John', 'Paul', 'George', 'Ringo', 'John'];

let x = (names) => names.filter((v,i) => names.indexOf(v) === i)
x(names); // 'John', 'Paul', 'George', 'Ringo'

Example 2: javascript filter array remove duplicates

// Using the Set constructor and the spread syntax:

arrayWithOnlyUniques = [...new Set(arrayWithDuplicates)]

Example 3: remove duplicates from array

let chars = ['A', 'B', 'A', 'C', 'B'];
let uniqueChars = [...new Set(chars)];

console.log(uniqueChars);

output:
[ 'A', 'B', 'C' ]

Example 4: 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;
}

Example 5: remove duplicates array.filter

// removeDuplicates ES6
const uniqueArray = oldArray.filter((item, index, self) => self.indexOf(item) === index);