I have an array of objects and I want to get a new array from it that is unique based only on a single property, is there a simple way to achieve this?
Eg.
[ { id: 1, name: 'bob' }, { id: 1, name: 'bill' }, { id: 1, name: 'bill' } ]
Would result in 2 objects with name = bill removed once.
Use the uniq function
var destArray = _.uniq(sourceArray, function(x){
return x.name;
});
From the docs:
Produces a duplicate-free version of the array, using === to test object equality. If you know in advance that the array is sorted, passing true for isSorted will run a much faster algorithm. If you want to compute unique items based on a transformation, pass an iterator function.
In the above example, the function uses the objects name in order to determine uniqueness.
If you prefer to do things yourself without Lodash, and without getting verbose, try this uniq filter with optional uniq by property:
const uniqFilterAccordingToProp = function (prop) {
if (prop)
return (ele, i, arr) => arr.map(ele => ele[prop]).indexOf(ele[prop]) === i
else
return (ele, i, arr) => arr.indexOf(ele) === i
}
Then, use it like this:
const obj = [ { id: 1, name: 'bob' }, { id: 1, name: 'bill' }, { id: 1, name: 'bill' } ]
obj.filter(uniqFilterAccordingToProp('abc'))
Or for plain arrays, just omit the parameter, while remembering to invoke:
[1,1,2].filter(uniqFilterAccordingToProp())
If you want to check all the properties then
lodash 4 comes with _.uniqWith(sourceArray, _.isEqual)
A better and quick approach
var table = [
{
a:1,
b:2
},
{
a:2,
b:3
},
{
a:1,
b:4
}
];
let result = [...new Set(table.map(item => item.a))];
document.write(JSON.stringify(result));
Found here
You can use the _.uniqBy function
var array = [ { id: 1, name: 'bob' }, { id: 2, name: 'bill' }, { id: 1, name: 'bill' },{ id: 2, name: 'bill' } ];
var filteredArray = _.uniqBy(array,function(x){ return x.id && x.name;});
console.log(filteredArray)
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In the above example, filtering is based on the uniqueness of combination of properties id & name.
if you have multiple properties for an object.
then to find unique array of objects based on specific properties, you could follow this method of combining properties inside _.uniqBy() method.
In case you need pure JavaScript solution:
var uniqueProperties = {};
var notUniqueArray = [ { id: 1, name: 'bob' }, { id: 1, name: 'bill' }, { id: 1, name: 'bill' } ];
for(var object in notUniqueArray){
uniqueProperties[notUniqueArray[object]['name']] = notUniqueArray[object]['id'];
}
var uniqiueArray = [];
for(var uniqueName in uniqueProperties){
uniqiueArray.push(
{id:uniqueProperties[uniqueName],name:uniqueName});
}
//uniqiueArray
I was looking for a solution which didn't require a library, and put this together, so I thought I'd add it here. It may not be ideal, or working in all situations, but it's doing what I require, so could potentially help someone else:
const uniqueBy = (items, reducer, dupeCheck = [], currentResults = []) => {
if (!items || items.length === 0) return currentResults;
const thisValue = reducer(items[0]);
const resultsToPass = dupeCheck.indexOf(thisValue) === -1 ?
[...currentResults, items[0]] : currentResults;
return uniqueBy(
items.slice(1),
reducer,
[...dupeCheck, thisValue],
resultsToPass,
);
}
const testData = [
{text: 'hello', image: 'yes'},
{text: 'he'},
{text: 'hello'},
{text: 'hell'},
{text: 'hello'},
{text: 'hellop'},
];
const results = uniqueBy(
testData,
item => {
return item.text
},
)
console.dir(results)