[removed] Remove duplicates of objects sharing same property value

Question

I have an array of objects that I would like to trim down based on a specific key:value pair. I want to create an array that includes only one object per this s

Answer 1

Use Array.filter(), keeping track of values by using an Object as a hash, and filtering out any items whose value is already contained in the hash.

function trim(arr, key) {
    var values = {};
    return arr.filter(function(item){
        var val = item[key];
        var exists = values[val];
        values[val] = true;
        return !exists;
    });
}