javascript - find unique objects in array based on multiple properties

You could build a combined key for the hash table and filter the given array.

var arr = [{ class: "second", fare: "a" }, { class: "second", fare: "b" }, { class: "first", fare: "a" }, { class: "first", fare: "a" }, { class: "second", fare: "a" }, { class: "first", fare: "c" }],
    result = arr.filter(function (a) {
        var key = a.class + '|' + a.fare;
        if (!this[key]) {
            this[key] = true;
            return true;
        }
    }, Object.create(null));

console.log(result);
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The same without (mis)using thisArg of Array#filter.

var array = [{ class: "second", fare: "a" }, { class: "second", fare: "b" }, { class: "first", fare: "a" }, { class: "first", fare: "a" }, { class: "second", fare: "a" }, { class: "first", fare: "c" }],
    seen = Object.create(null),
    result = array.filter(o => {
        var key = ['class', 'fare'].map(k => o[k]).join('|');
        if (!seen[key]) {
            seen[key] = true;
            return true;
        }
    });

console.log(result);
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Using a combined key and a Map

const array = [
 { class: "second", fare: "a" }, 
 { class: "second", fare: "b" }, 
 { class: "first", fare: "a" }, 
 { class: "first", fare: "a" }, 
 { class: "second", fare: "a" }, 
 { class: "first", fare: "c" }
];

console.log(unique(array, ['class', 'fare']));

function unique(arr, keyProps) {
 const kvArray = arr.map(entry => {
  const key = keyProps.map(k => entry[k]).join('|');
  return [key, entry];
 });
 const map = new Map(kvArray);
 return Array.from(map.values());
}

short way to solve the above problem though it is a very old thread and maybe it might help someone in the future.

const array = [
  { class: "second", fare: "a" }, 
  { class: "second", fare: "b" }, 
  { class: "first", fare: "a" }, 
  { class: "first", fare: "a" }, 
  { class: "second", fare: "a" }, 
  { class: "first", fare: "c" }
];

const uniqueObjects = new Set();

array.forEach(arr => uniqueObjects.add(JSON.stringify(arr)));

console.log(uniqueObjects.entries())

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