How to get distinct values from an array of objects in JavaScript?

Question

Assuming I have the following:

var array = 
    [
        {\"name\":\"Joe\", \"age\":17}, 
        {\"name\":\"Bob\", \"age\":17}, 
        {\"name\":\"Carl\         


        

Answer 1

Using ES6 features, you could do something like:

const uniqueAges = [...new Set( array.map(obj => obj.age)) ];