remove duplicate instances javascript array code example

Example 1: Removing duplicates in an Array of Objects

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const seen = new Set();
const arr = [
  { id: 1, name: "test1" },
  { id: 2, name: "test2" },
  { id: 2, name: "test3" },
  { id: 3, name: "test4" },
  { id: 4, name: "test5" },
  { id: 5, name: "test6" },
  { id: 5, name: "test7" },
  { id: 6, name: "test8" }
];

const filteredArr = arr.filter(el => {
  const duplicate = seen.has(el.id);
  seen.add(el.id);
  return !duplicate;
});

Example 2: remove duplicates objects from array javascript

arr.reduce((acc, current) => {
  const x = acc.find(item => item.id === current.id);
  if (!x) {
    return acc.concat([current]);
  } else {
    return acc;
  }
}, []);