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Remove non duplicate objects from array

I have a very simple array:

var arr = [{id: 1, score: 10}, {id: 1, score: 10}, {id: 3, score: 20}, {id: 4, score: 5}];

I want to remove those object which has only single occurrence e.g:

{id: 3, score: 20}
{id: 4, score: 5}

So the final output should be:

[{id: 1, score: 10}, {id: 1, score: 10}]

What I have tried so far is:

const result = [];

for (let i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
    for (let j = i + 1; j < arr.length; j++) {
        if (arr[i].id === arr[j].id && arr[i].score === arr[j].score) {
            result.push({ id: arr[i].id, score: arr[i].score })             
        }
    }
}

But this is removing my duplicates as well, e,g it gives me this result:

[{id: 1, score: 10}]

But i need this result:

[{id: 1, score: 10}, {id: 1, score: 10}]
about 4 years ago · Juan Pablo Isaza
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Array.filter will help

Filter the array with combination of id and score, check if the length of this comination is greater than 1, which means there are more than one occurance of this combination.

const arr = [{ id: 1, score: 10 }, { id: 1, score: 10 }, { id: 3, score: 20 }, { id: 4, score: 5 }, { id: 77, score: 25, type: 'notthisone' }];
const newArr = arr.filter(item => arr.filter(x => x.id === item.id && x.score === item.score).length > 1 || item.type === 'notthisone');
console.log(newArr);

Your fixed solution.

You have to push the value from arr for both index i and j. But the index node for i must be pushed only once.

const arr = [{id: 1, score: 10}, {id: 1, score: 10}, {id: 3, score: 20}, {id: 4, score: 5}, {id: 77, score: 25, type: 'notthisone'}];
const result = [];

for (let i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
  let isFound = false;
  for (let j = i + 1; j < arr.length; j++) {
    if (arr[i].id === arr[j].id && arr[i].score === arr[j].score) {
      isFound = true;
      result.push(arr[j]);
    }
  }
  if(isFound ||  arr[i].type === 'notthisone') {
      result.push(arr[i]);
  }
}
console.log(result);

Edit: If you want to have one specific object having particular value for key type, then you can include that in the condition. I have updated the answer with that.

about 4 years ago · Juan Pablo Isaza Report

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You could take a single loop and an object for keeping track of the first of reference for the same item.

const
    array =  [{ id: 1, score: 10, x: 1 }, { id: 1, score: 10, x: 2, }, { id: 3, score: 20 }, { id: 4, score: 5 }, { id: 77, score: 25, type: 'notthisone' }],
    getKey = ({ id, score }) => JSON.stringify({ id, score }),
    result = array
        .map((q => o => {
            if (o.type === 'notthisone') return o;

            const
                key = getKey(o), 
                target = [];
            q[key] ??= { value: undefined, target };
            if (q[key].value) {
                q[key].target[0] ??= q[key].value;
                return o;
            }
            q[key].value = o;
            return target;
        })({}))
        .flat();

console.log(result);
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about 4 years ago · Juan Pablo Isaza Report

0

You may consider using Array.reduce combined with Array.find (Array.find is less 'expensive' than Array.filter). Something like (also took your question on @Nitheesh' answer into account):

const arr = [
  {id: 1, score: 10}, 
  {id: 1, score: 10}, 
  {id: 3, score: 20}, 
  {id: 4, score: 5}, 
  {id: 77, score: 25, include: true} ];

const log =  document.querySelector(`pre`);
log.textContent = `**Reduced\n${
  JSON.stringify(retrieveDuplicates(arr), null, 2)}`;
log.textContent += `\n\n**Looped\n${
  JSON.stringify(retrieveDuplicatesLoop(arr), null, 2)}`;

// reducer
function retrieveDuplicates(arr) {
  return arr.reduce( ( acc, v, i ) => {
    const exists = v.include ? v :
      arr.slice(i+1).find( vv => v.id === vv.id && v.score === vv.score );
    acc = !acc.length && exists ? acc.concat({...v}) : acc;
    return exists ? [...acc, {...exists}] : acc; 
  }, [] );
}

// Or in a classic loop
function retrieveDuplicatesLoop(arr) {
  let result = [];
  
  for (let i = 0; i < arr.length; i += 1) {
    const exist = arr[i].include ? arr[i] : 
      arr.slice(i+1).find(v => arr[i].id === v.id && arr[i].score === v.score);
    if (!result.length && exist) { result.push(arr[i]); }
    result = exist && result.concat(arr[i]) || result;
  }
  
  return result;
}
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