distinctBy

distinctBy(Array<T>, (item: T, index: Number) -> Any): Array<T>

Iterates over an array and returns the unique elements in it.

This version of distinctBy finds unique values in an array. Other versions act on an object and handle a null value. DataWeave uses the result of applying the provided lambda as the uniqueness criteria.

Parameters

Name Description

Name	Description
`items`	The array to evaluate.
`criteria`	The criteria used to select an `item` and/or `index` from the array.

items

The array to evaluate.

criteria

The criteria used to select an item and/or index from the array.

Example

This example inputs an array that contains duplicate numbers and returns an array with unique numbers from that input. Note that you can write the same expression using an anonymous parameter for the values: [0, 1, 2, 3, 3, 2, 1, 4] distinctBy $

Source

%dw 2.0
output application/json
---
[0, 1, 2, 3, 3, 2, 1, 4] distinctBy (value) -> { "unique" : value }

Output

[ 0, 1, 2, 3, 4]

Example

This example removes duplicates of "Kurt Cagle" from an array.

Source

%dw 2.0
output application/json
var record =  {
  "title": "XQuery Kick Start",
  "author": [
    "James McGovern",
    "Per Bothner",
    "Kurt Cagle",
    "James Linn",
    "Kurt Cagle",
    "Kurt Cagle",
    "Kurt Cagle",
    "Vaidyanathan Nagarajan"
  ],
  "year":"2000"
}
---
{
    "book" : {
      "title" : record.title,
      "year" : record.year,
      "authors" : record.author distinctBy $
    }
}

Output

{
  "book": {
    "title": "XQuery Kick Start",
    "year": "2000",
    "authors": [
      "James McGovern",
      "Per Bothner",
      "Kurt Cagle",
      "James Linn",
      "Vaidyanathan Nagarajan"
    ]
  }
}

distinctBy(Null, (item: Nothing, index: Nothing) -> Any): Null

Helper function that enables distinctBy to work with a null value.

distinctBy({ (K)?: V }, (value: V, key: K) -> Any): Object

Removes duplicate key-value pairs from an object.

Parameters

Name Description

Name	Description
`object`	The object from which to remove the key-value pairs.
`criteria`	The `key` and/or `value` used to identify the key-value pairs to remove.

object

The object from which to remove the key-value pairs.

criteria

The key and/or value used to identify the key-value pairs to remove.

Example

This example inputs an object that contains duplicate key-value pairs and returns an object with key-value pairs from that input. Notice that the keys (a and A) are not treated with case sensitivity, but the values (b and B) are. Also note that you can write the same expression using an anonymous parameter for the values: {a : "b", a : "b", A : "b", a : "B"} distinctBy $

Source

%dw 2.0
output application/json
---
{a : "b", a : "b", A : "b", a : "B"} distinctBy (value) -> { "unique" : value }

Output

{ "a": "b", "a": "B" }

Example

This example removes duplicates (<author>James McGovern</author>) from <book/>.

Source

%dw 2.0
output application/xml
---
{
   book : {
     title : payload.book.title,
     authors: payload.book.&author distinctBy $
   }
}

Input

<book>
  <title> "XQuery Kick Start"</title>
  <author>James Linn</author>
  <author>Per Bothner</author>
  <author>James McGovern</author>
  <author>James McGovern</author>
  <author>James McGovern</author>
</book>

Output

<book>
  <title> "XQuery Kick Start"</title>
  <authors>
      <author>James Linn</author>
      <author>Per Bothner</author>
      <author>James McGovern</author>
  </authors>
</book>