remove duplicate strings array javascript code example

Example 1: javascript to remove duplicates from an array

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

Example 2: use set to remove duplicates in javascript

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

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