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

I've started sticking Underscore in all new projects by default just so I never have to think about these little data-munging problems.

var array = [{"name":"Joe", "age":17}, {"name":"Bob", "age":17}, {"name":"Carl", "age": 35}];
console.log(_.chain(array).map(function(item) { return item.age }).uniq().value());

Produces [17, 35].