Remove Duplicates from JavaScript Array

If you're creating the array yourself, you can save yourself a loop and the extra unique filter by doing the check as you're inserting the data;

var values = [];
$.each(collection, function() {
    var x = $(this).value;
    if (!$.inArray(x, values)) {
        values.push(x);
    }
});

The easiest way to remove string duplicates is to use associative array and then iterate over the associative array to make the list/array back.

Like below:

var toHash = [];
var toList = [];

// add from ur data list to hash
$(data.pointsToList).each(function(index, Element) {
    toHash[Element.nameTo]= Element.nameTo;
});

// now convert hash to array
// don't forget the "hasownproperty" else u will get random results 
for (var key in toHash)  {
    if (toHash.hasOwnProperty(key)) { 
      toList.push(toHash[key]);
   }
}

Voila, now duplicates are gone!

The simplest way to remove a duplicate is to do a for loop and compare the elements that are not the same and push them into the new array

 var array = ["Mike","Matt","Nancy","Adam","Jenny","Nancy","Carl"];

 var removeDublicate = function(arr){
 var result = []
 var sort_arr = arr.sort() //=> optional
 for (var i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
        if(arr[ i + 1] !== arr[i] ){
            result.push(arr[i])
        }
 };
  return result
}  
console.log(removeDublicate(array))
==>  ["Adam", "Carl", "Jenny", "Matt", "Mike", "Nancy"]

The following script returns a new array containing only unique values. It works on string and numbers. No requirement for additional libraries only vanilla JS.

Browser support:

Feature Chrome  Firefox (Gecko)     Internet Explorer   Opera   Safari
Basic support   (Yes)   1.5 (1.8)   9                   (Yes)   (Yes)

https://jsfiddle.net/fzmcgcxv/3/

var duplicates = ["Mike","Matt","Nancy","Adam","Jenny","Nancy","Carl","Mike","Mike","Nancy","Carl"]; 
var unique = duplicates.filter(function(elem, pos) {
    return duplicates.indexOf(elem) == pos;
  }); 
alert(unique);

I know Im a little late, but here is another option using jinqJs

See Fiddle

var result = jinqJs().from(["Mike","Matt","Nancy","Adam","Jenny","Nancy","Carl"]).distinct().select();

Vanilla JS solutions with complexity of O(n) (fastest possible for this problem). Modify the hashFunction to distinguish the objects (e.g. 1 and "1") if needed. The first solution avoids hidden loops (common in functions provided by Array).

var dedupe = function(a) 
{
    var hash={},ret=[];
    var hashFunction = function(v) { return ""+v; };
    var collect = function(h)
    {
        if(hash.hasOwnProperty(hashFunction(h)) == false) // O(1)
        {
            hash[hashFunction(h)]=1;
            ret.push(h); // should be O(1) for Arrays
            return;
        }
    };

    for(var i=0; i<a.length; i++) // this is a loop: O(n)
        collect(a[i]);
    //OR: a.forEach(collect); // this is a loop: O(n)

    return ret;
}

var dedupe = function(a) 
{
    var hash={};
    var isdupe = function(h)
    {
        if(hash.hasOwnProperty(h) == false) // O(1)
        {
            hash[h]=1;
            return true;
        }

        return false;
    };

    return a.filter(isdupe); // this is a loop: O(n)
}

var duplicates = function(arr){
     var sorted = arr.sort();
   var dup = [];
   for(var i=0; i<sorted.length; i++){
        var rest  = sorted.slice(i+1); //slice the rest of array
       if(rest.indexOf(sorted[i]) > -1){//do indexOf
            if(dup.indexOf(sorted[i]) == -1)    
         dup.push(sorted[i]);//store it in another arr
      }
   }
   console.log(dup);
}

duplicates(["Mike","Matt","Nancy","Adam","Jenny","Nancy","Carl"]);

Here is very simple for understanding and working anywhere (even in PhotoshopScript) code. Check it!

var peoplenames = new Array("Mike","Matt","Nancy","Adam","Jenny","Nancy","Carl");

peoplenames = unique(peoplenames);
alert(peoplenames);

function unique(array){
    var len = array.length;
    for(var i = 0; i < len; i++) for(var j = i + 1; j < len; j++) 
        if(array[j] == array[i]){
            array.splice(j,1);
            j--;
            len--;
        }
    return array;
}

//*result* peoplenames == ["Mike","Matt","Nancy","Adam","Jenny","Carl"]

function removeDuplicates (array) {
  var sorted = array.slice().sort()
  var result = []

  sorted.forEach((item, index) => {
    if (sorted[index + 1] !== item) {
      result.push(item)
    }
  })
  return result
}