Get all non-unique values (i.e.: duplicate/more than one occurrence) in an array

Question

I need to check a JavaScript array to see if there are any duplicate values. What\'s the easiest way to do this? I just need to find what the duplicated values are - I don\'

Answer 1

This is my answer from the duplicate thread (!):

When writing this entry 2014 - all examples were for-loops or jQuery. Javascript has the perfect tools for this: sort, map and reduce.

Find duplicate items

var names = ['Mike', 'Matt', 'Nancy', 'Adam', 'Jenny', 'Nancy', 'Carl']

var uniq = names
  .map((name) => {
    return {
      count: 1,
      name: name
    }
  })
  .reduce((a, b) => {
    a[b.name] = (a[b.name] || 0) + b.count
    return a
  }, {})

var duplicates = Object.keys(uniq).filter((a) => uniq[a] > 1)

console.log(duplicates) // [ 'Nancy' ]

More functional syntax:

@Dmytro-Laptin pointed out some code code be removed. This is a more compact version of the same code. Using some ES6 tricks and higher order functions:

const names = ['Mike', 'Matt', 'Nancy', 'Adam', 'Jenny', 'Nancy', 'Carl']

const count = names =>
  names.reduce((a, b) => ({ ...a,
    [b]: (a[b] || 0) + 1
  }), {}) // don't forget to initialize the accumulator

const duplicates = dict =>
  Object.keys(dict).filter((a) => dict[a] > 1)

console.log(count(names)) // { Mike: 1, Matt: 1, Nancy: 2, Adam: 1, Jenny: 1, Carl: 1 }
console.log(duplicates(count(names))) // [ 'Nancy' ]