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Remove duplicate value from array

There are multiple ways to filter out duplicates from an array and return only the unique values.

1️⃣ Using Set πŸ”₯

What is Set?

Set is a new data object introduced in ES6. A Set is a collection of unique values.

Here,

  • The array is converted toΒ SetΒ and all the duplicate elements are automatically removed.
  • The spread syntaxΒ ...Β is used to include all the elements of theΒ SetΒ to a new array.
const arr = ["🌼", "🌴", "🌹", "🌡", "πŸ„", "🌹", "🌴"];

const filteredArr = [...new Set(arr)];
console.log(filteredArr); //["🌼", "🌴", "🌹", "🌡", "πŸ„"]
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Convert Set to an Array using Array.from

You can also use Array.from to convert a Set into an array:

const arr = ["🌼", "🌴", "🌹", "🌡", "πŸ„", "🌹", "🌴"];

const filteredArr = Array.from(new Set(arr));
console.log(filteredArr); //["🌼", "🌴", "🌹", "🌡", "πŸ„"]
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2️⃣ Using filter πŸ•Έ

If the element passes and returns true, it will be included in the filtered array and any element that fails or return false, it will be NOT be in the filtered array.

const arr = ["🌼", "🌴", "🌹", "🌡", "πŸ„", "🌹", "🌴"];

const filteredArr = arr.filter((item, index) => {
    return arr.indexOf(item) === index;
})
console.log(filteredArr); //["🌼", "🌴", "🌹", "🌡", "πŸ„"]
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3️⃣ Using forEach Method πŸš€

Using forEach, you can iterate over the elements in the array and push into the new array if it doesn’t exist in the array.

const arr = ["🌼", "🌴", "🌹", "🌡", "πŸ„", "🌹", "🌴"];

const filteredArr = (arr) => {
    let uniqueVal = [];
    arr.forEach(el => {
        if(!uniqueVal.includes(el)) {
            uniqueVal.push(el);
        }
    })
    return uniqueVal;
}
console.log(filteredArr(arr)); //["🌼", "🌴", "🌹", "🌡", "πŸ„"]
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4️⃣ Using Reduce Method 😎

The reduce method is used to reduce the elements of the array and combine them into a final array based on some reducer function that you pass.

const arr = ["🌼", "🌴", "🌹", "🌡", "πŸ„", "🌹", "🌴"];

const filteredArr = arr.reduce((acc, curr) => {
    return acc.includes(curr) ? acc : [...acc, curr];
}, [])
console.log(filteredArr(arr)); //["🌼", "🌴", "🌹", "🌡", "πŸ„"]
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5️⃣ Unique Method to the Array Prototype πŸ“”

In Javascript the array prototype constructor allows you to add new properties and methods to the Array object.

const arr = ["🌼", "🌴", "🌹", "🌡", "πŸ„", "🌹", "🌴"];

Array.prototype.filteredArr = function (){
    let arr = [];
    for(let i = 0; i < this.length; i++) {
        let current = this[i];
        if(arr.indexOf(current) < 0 ) arr.push(current);
    }
    return arr;
}
console.log(arr.filteredArr()); //["🌼", "🌴", "🌹", "🌡", "πŸ„"]
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Goutam Das

Nice comment

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Goutam Das

nice reply

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Goutam Das

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Valeria • Edited

Good stuff!

If you're not planning on doing re-assignment, you can keep arrays (and objects overall const):

const arr=[]
arr.push('value')
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oreoyona

Thank you. I was looking for this.