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How to remove duplicate words from an array in JavaScript?

In this article, you will learn how to remove duplicate words from an array in JavaScript.

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That’s the array of duplicate words that we have:

let duplicate_words = ["camera", "signature", "camera", "guitar", "guitar", "camera"];
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By default, a set cannot have duplicate elements.

So, we can remove duplicate words from an array by converting it to a set.

let words_set = new Set(duplicate_words);
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If we log the set to the console, we will get:

console.log(words_set); // Set(3) {"camera", "signature", "guitar"}
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We need it as an array, so we will convert the set back to an array using the spread operator.

let words = [...words_set];
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Now, log the words to the console.

console.log(words); // ["camera", "signature", "guitar"]
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The duplicate words have been removed from the array successfully!

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