Remove duplicate characters from string

Question

I have to make a function in JavaScript that removes all duplicated letters in a string. So far I\'ve been able to do this: If I have the word \"anaconda\" it shows me as a

Answer 1

function removeDup(str) {
  var arOut = [];
  for (var i=0; i < str.length; i++) {
    var c = str.charAt(i);
    if (c === '_') continue;
    if (str.indexOf(c, i+1) === -1) {
      arOut.push(c);
    }
    else {
      var rx = new RegExp(c, "g");
      str = str.replace(rx, '_');
    }
  }
  return arOut.join('');
}