JavaScript: How to Remove Duplicate Values from a Array?
JavaScript: How to Remove Duplicate Values from a Array?
Use the indexOf() method in conjugation with the push() remove the duplicate values from an array or get all unique values from an array in JavaScript.
For ex:
<script> // Defining function to get unique values from an array function getUnique(array) { var uniqueArray = []; // Loop through array values for(i=0; i < array.length; i++) { if(uniqueArray.indexOf(array[i]) === -1) { uniqueArray.push(array[i]); } } return uniqueArray; } var names = ["John", "Peter", "Clark", "Harry", "John", "Alice"]; var uniqueNames = getUnique(names); console.log(uniqueNames); // Prints: ["John", "Peter", "Clark", "Harry", "Alice"] </script>
or
Use the for-of loop instead of for loop to perform this filtration very easily,like this:
<script> // Defining function to get unique values from an array function getUnique(array) { var uniqueArray = []; // Loop through array values for(var value of array) { if(uniqueArray.indexOf(value) === -1) { uniqueArray.push(value); } } return uniqueArray; } var names = ["John", "Peter", "Clark", "Harry", "John", "Alice"]; var uniqueNames = getUnique(names); console.log(uniqueNames); // Prints: ["John", "Peter", "Clark", "Harry", "Alice"] </script>