javascript remove duplicate array of object code example

Example 1: how to remove duplicate array object in javascript

let person = [{name: "john"}, {name: "jane"}, {name: "imelda"}, {name: "john"}];

function removeDuplicates(data, key) {
  
  return [
    ...new Map(data.map(item => [key(item), item])).values()
  ]

};

console.log(removeDuplicates(person, item => item.name));

Example 2: remove duplicate in aaray of objects

const things = {
  thing: [
    { place: 'here', name: 'stuff' },
    { place: 'there', name: 'morestuff1' },
    { place: 'there', name: 'morestuff2' }, 
  ],
};

const removeDuplicates = (array, key) => {
  return array.reduce((arr, item) => {
    const removed = arr.filter(i => i[key] !== item[key]);
    return [...removed, item];
  }, []);
};

console.log(removeDuplicates(things.thing, 'place'));
// > [{ place: 'here', name: 'stuff' }, { place: 'there', name: 'morestuff2' }]