Remove duplicate objects from an array using javascript

Question

I am trying to figure out an efficient way to remove objects that are duplicates from an array and looking for the most efficient answer. I looked around the internet everyt

Answer 1

Here is a solution that works for me.

Helper functions:

// sorts an array of objects according to one field
// call like this: sortObjArray(myArray, "name" );
// it will modify the input array
sortObjArray = function(arr, field) {
    arr.sort(
        function compare(a,b) {
            if (a[field] < b[field])
                return -1;
            if (a[field] > b[field])
                return 1;
            return 0;
        }
    );
}

// call like this: uniqueDishes = removeDuplicatesFromObjArray(dishes, "dishName");
// it will NOT modify the input array
// input array MUST be sorted by the same field (asc or desc doesn't matter)
removeDuplicatesFromObjArray = function(arr, field) {
    var u = [];
    arr.reduce(function (a, b) {
        if (a[field] !== b[field]) u.push(b);
        return b;
    }, []);
    return u;
}

and then simply call:

        sortObjArray(dishes, "name");
        dishes = removeDuplicatesFromObjArray(dishes, "name");