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// Copyright 2018-2021 the Deno authors. All rights reserved. MIT license.
import { Selector } from "./types.ts";
/** * Returns all elements in the given array that produce a distinct value using the given selector, preserving order by first occurence * * Example: * * ```typescript * const names = [ 'Anna', 'Kim', 'Arnold', 'Kate' ] * const exampleNamesByFirstLetter = distinctBy(names, it => it.charAt(0)) * * console.assert(exampleNamesByFirstLetter === [ 'Anna', 'Kim' ]) * ``` */export function distinctBy<T, D>( array: Array<T>, selector: Selector<T, D>,): Array<T> { const selectedValues = new Set<D>(); const ret = new Array<T>();
for (const element of array) { const currentSelectedValue = selector(element);
if (!selectedValues.has(currentSelectedValue)) { selectedValues.add(currentSelectedValue); ret.push(element); } }
return ret;}