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Array.prototype.unique
// from http://twitter.com/WebReflection/status/83867362490720258
Array.prototype.unique = // extend the array prototype
[].unique || // if it doesn't exist
function(
a
){
return function() { // with a function that
return this.filter(a) // filters by the cached function
}
}(
function(a,b,c) { // which
return c.indexOf( // finds out whether the array contains
a, // the item
b + 1 // after the current index
) < 0 // and returns false if it does.
}
)
Array.prototype.unique=function(a){return function(){return this.filter(a)}}(function(a,b,c){return c.indexOf(a,b+1)<0})
DO WHAT THE FUCK YOU WANT TO PUBLIC LICENSE
Version 2, December 2004
Copyright (C) 2011 Jed Schmidt <http://jed.is>
Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim or modified
copies of this license document, and changing it is allowed as long
as the name is changed.
DO WHAT THE FUCK YOU WANT TO PUBLIC LICENSE
TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION
0. You just DO WHAT THE FUCK YOU WANT TO.
{
"name": "unique",
"description": "Array.prototype.unique, by @WebReflection",
"keywords": [
"array",
"unique"
]
}
<!DOCTYPE html>
<title>Foo</title>
<div>Expected value: <b>1,2,3,4,5</b></div>
<div>Actual value: <b id="ret"></b></div>
<script>
Array.prototype.unique=function(a){return function(){return this.filter(a)}}(function(a,b,c){return c.indexOf(a,b+1)<0})
document.getElementById( "ret" ).innerHTML = [1,2,3,4,5,4,3,2,1].unique().sort()
</script>
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