Janik von Rotz


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JavaScript: Get array with unique objects

In JavaScript you can use Set to get an array with unique items. However, this does not work with objects. Converting the object to a string before creating the set is the solution.

Here is an example:

// A list that contains a duplicate object
list = [
  {
    source: "A",
    target: "B",
  },
  {
    source: "B",
    target: "C",
  },
  {
    source: "A",
    target: "B",
  },
];

// Generate set with stringified list objects and then parse to array of objects
unique = [...new Set(list.map((o) => JSON.stringify(o)))].map((s) =>
  JSON.parse(s)
);

// In result there is unique list
console.log(unique);
// [ { source: 'A', target: 'B' }, { source: 'B', target: 'C' } ]

Categories: JavaScript development
Tags: array , filter , javascript
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