Remove duplicate element pairs from multidimensional array

Question

I have an array that looks like this:

1.  coordinates = [ [16.343345, 35.123523],
2.                  [14.325423, 34.632723],
3.                  [15.231512,         


        

Answer 1

I rewrote the answer from thg435 (It does not allow me to post comments) and prototype it also using jQuery instead, so this will work on all browsers using it (Even IE7)

Array.prototype.uniq = function (key) {
    var set = {};
    return $.grep(this, function (item) {
        var k = key
            ? key.apply(item)
            : item;
        return k in set
            ? false
            : set[k] = true;
    });
}

You can use it like:

arr = arr.uniq([].join);