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Dylanmestyanek
Dylanmestyanek

Reputation: 1

How to return an array without duplicate items within array?

I have an array with multiples of certain automobiles, included within it. I am trying to return an array with one of every item, without duplicates.

I have a functioning piece of code, using an if...else format, but cannot achieve the same result with a conditional statement, in JavaScript. It says that list.includes(automobile) is not a function.

const data = ['car', 'car', 'truck', 'truck', 'bike', 'walk', 'car', 'van', 'bike', 'walk', 'car', 'van', 'car', 'truck'];
let noDuplicates = data.reduce((list, automobile) => {
  if (list.includes(automobile)) {
    return list
  } else {
    return [...list, automobile]
  }
}, []);

console.log(noDuplicates)

This version with if...else, works, but where I'm struggling to achieve the same result is with a conditional statement, like the following:

const data = ['car', 'car', 'truck', 'truck', 'bike', 'walk', 'car', 'van', 'bike', 'walk', 'car', 'van', 'car', 'truck'];
let noDuplicates = data.reduce((list, automobile) => {
   list.includes[automobile] ? list : [...list, automobile]
}, []);

console.log(noDuplicates)

I assume I may have some parenthesis missing, or in the wrong place, but it appears correct to me. The if...else statement returned exactly what I was looking for, ["car", "truck", "bike", "walk", "van"], but the conditional statement was not.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 167

Answers (1)

Code Maniac
Code Maniac

Reputation: 37755

Why my code is not working ?

  • Missing return statement
  • list.includes[automobile] this should be list.includes(automobile)

const data = ['car', 'car', 'truck', 'truck', 'bike', 'walk', 'car', 'van', 'bike', 'walk', 'car', 'van', 'car', 'truck'];
let noDuplicates = data.reduce((list, automobile) => {
   return list.includes(automobile) ? list : [...list, automobile]
}, []);

console.log(noDuplicates)

You can simply use Set

const data = ['car', 'car', 'truck', 'truck', 'bike', 'walk', 'car', 'van', 'bike', 'walk', 'car', 'van', 'car', 'truck' ];
let unique = [...new Set(data)]

console.log(unique)

Upvotes: 4

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