Interview Question #4:
Write a function that will remove duplicate in an array❓🤔 You can get a variation of this question as Get unique characters from a list.
If you need practice, try to solve this on your own. I have included 2 potential solutions below.
Note: There are many other potential solutions to this problem.
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Code: https://codepen.io/angelo_jin/pen/PojPRzQ
Solution #1: ES6 Set
- uses the elegance of Set just like other programming languages. A value in the Set may only occur once; it is unique in the Set's collection.
function removeDuplicates(array) {
return [...new Set(array)]
}
Solution #2: Object
- below will use a js plain object to store key value pairs. Value can be other values as well, i chose to increment it so we may use it for other purpose like get the total count for a characters, etc.
function removeDuplicates(array) {
const map = {}
for (const char of array) {
if (map[char]) {
map[char]++
} else {
map[char] = 1
}
}
return Object.keys(map)
}
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Top comments (2)
Hi, great solutions! I think the question could be more clear 😁 since this code doesn't remove the duplicates!!! it just creates a new array but without the duplicates!!!!
Thanks anyways for these JS questions, they make me think more methodically!!
you are welcome! Creating new array typically an engineer would want to prevent unexpected side effects or bugs.