/uniqueobj

Remove duplicates from an array of objects

Primary LanguageJavaScriptGNU General Public License v3.0GPL-3.0

uniqueObj

Given an iterable of objects, return a unique list of the objects. You define how each object is identified with a callback.

Install

npm install uniqueObj

Usage

uniqueObj([iterable,], callBack)

Takes an iterable of Object.

callBack will be called against each item in the iterable to determine it's uniqueness. Here you can hash the object, or do any logic to determine the uniqueness of it.

import uniqueObj from 'uniqueObj';

// just use the `id` value in each object to identify it
uniqueResults = uniqueObj(allResults, (obj) => obj.id);

// Do something a bit more complicated
uniqueResults = uniqueObj(allResults, myComplicatedHashFunc);

License

GNU GPL V3