js array of objects search for duplicates code example

Example 1: how to find duplicate item in array of object in javascript

const values = [
  { name: 'someName1' },
  { name: 'someName2' },
  { name: 'someName3' },
  { name: 'someName1' }
]

const uniqueValues = new Set(values.map(v => v.name));

if (uniqueValues.size < values.length) {
  console.log('uniqueValues')
}

Example 2: js check if array of objects contains duplicates

const arrayOfObjCopy = [...arrayOfObj];

Object.keys(arrayOfObjCopy).forEach((key) => {
  arrayOfObjCopy[key] = JSON.stringify(arrayOfObjCopy[key]);
 });

const arrayOfObjhasDuplicates = uniq(arrayOfObjCopy).length != arrayOfObjCopy.length;