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Discussion on: Sets in JavaScript

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Srđan Međo

Sets are also unordered lists of elements, unlike arrays.

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Eugene Karataev

Why? We can use forEach method on Sets to iterate the collection by insertion order.

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Srđan Međo

Correct. Iteration is possible in the insertion order, but items are not indexed and they cannot be sorted unless converted to array beforehand. Maybe worth pointing out.

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Eugene Karataev

Agree. Sets also don't have array methods like map/filter/reduce and others. I just don't use Set/Map in my daily work and always forget what data structure is used for. By comparing Set to Array and Map to Object I want to create a mental connection in my head to remember the purpose of these data structures without looking in documentation.