javascript create new distinct object from another object code example

Example 1: javascript find unique values in array

// usage example:
var myArray = ['a', 1, 'a', 2, '1'];
var unique = myArray.filter((v, i, a) => a.indexOf(v) === i); 

// unique is ['a', 1, 2, '1']

Example 2: javascript unique array of objects by property

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

function uniqueByKey(array, key) {
  return [...new Map(array.map((x) => [x[key], x])).values()];
}

console.log(uniqueByKey(array, 'age'));