obj = {};
obj.arr = new Array();
obj.arr.push({place:"here",name:"stuff"});
obj.arr.push({place:"there",name:"morestuff"});
obj.arr.push({place:"there",name:"morestuff"});
I'm wondering what is the best method to remove duplicate objects from an array. So for example, obj.arr would become...
{place:"here",name:"stuff"},
{place:"there",name:"morestuff"}
ar arrayWithDuplicates = [
{"type":"LICENSE", "licenseNum": "12345", state:"NV"},
{"type":"LICENSE", "licenseNum": "A7846", state:"CA"},
{"type":"LICENSE", "licenseNum": "12345", state:"OR"},
{"type":"LICENSE", "licenseNum": "10849", state:"CA"},
{"type":"LICENSE", "licenseNum": "B7037", state:"WA"},
{"type":"LICENSE", "licenseNum": "12345", state:"NM"}
];
function removeDuplicates(originalArray, prop) {
var newArray = [];
var lookupObject = {};
for(var i in originalArray) {
lookupObject[originalArray[i][prop]] = originalArray[i];
}
for(i in lookupObject) {
newArray.push(lookupObject[i]);
}
return newArray;
}
var uniqueArray = removeDuplicates(arrayWithDuplicates, "licenseNum");
console.log("uniqueArray is: " + JSON.stringify(uniqueArray));
const obj = {};
for (let i = 0, len = things.thing.length; i < len; i++) {
obj[things.thing[i]['place']] = things.thing[i];
}
things.thing = new Array();
for (const key in obj) {
things.thing.push(obj[key]);
}
function uniqByKeepFirst(a, key) {
let seen = new Set();
return a.filter(item => {
let k = key(item);
return seen.has(k) ? false : seen.add(k);
});
}
function uniqByKeepLast(a, key) {
return [
...new Map(
a.map(x => [key(x), x])
).values()
]
}
//
data = [
{a:1, u:1},
{a:2, u:2},
{a:3, u:3},
{a:4, u:1},
{a:5, u:2},
{a:6, u:3},
];
console.log(uniqByKeepFirst(data, it => it.u))
console.log(uniqByKeepLast(data, it => it.u))
function* uniqIter(a) {
let seen = new Set();
for (let x of a) {
if (!seen.has(x)) {
seen.add(x);
yield x;
}
}
}
// example:
function* randomsBelow(limit) {
while (1)
yield Math.floor(Math.random() * limit);
}
// note that randomsBelow is endless
count = 20;
limit = 30;
for (let r of uniqIter(randomsBelow(limit))) {
console.log(r);
if (--count === 0)
break
}
// exercise for the reader: what happens if we set `limit` less than `count` and why