I expanded a bit on @IgorL solution, but extended prototype and gave it a selector function instead of a property to make it a little more flexible:
Array.prototype.unique = function(selector) {
return this.filter((e, i) => this.findIndex((a) => {
if (selector) {
return selector(a) === selector(e);
}
return a === e;
}) === i);
};
Usage:
// with no param it uses strict equals (===) against the object
let primArr = ['one','one','two','three','one']
primArr.unique() // ['one','two','three']
let a = {foo:123}
let b = {foo:123}
let fooArr = [a,a,b]
fooArr.unique() //[a,b]
// alternatively, you can pass a selector function
fooArr.unique(item=>item.foo) //[{foo:123}] (first "unique" item returned)
Definitely NOT the most performant way to do this but as long as the selector is simple and the array isn't massive, it should work fine.
In Typescript
Array.prototype.unique = function<T>(this: T[], selector?: (item: T) => object): T[] {
return this.filter((e, i) => this.findIndex((a) => {
if (selector) {
return selector(a) === selector(e);
}
return a === e;
}) === i);
};