underscore

Sep 14 2015

Removing duplicate objects using Underscore for Javascript in Coffeescript

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Below an example to show how to remove duplicate objects from an array using underscore in Coffeescript.

My answer is based on the following stackoverflow q/a: http://stackoverflow.com/a/9923961/1688441

array=  _.uniq(_.collect(initialArray, (x) ->  JSON.stringify x  )).map((v) -> JSON.parse(v))