Posted by brandonthedeveloper at August 8th, 2008
I needed a Filter function to remove duplicate items from an Array Collection so I thought I’d do a quick post to share the code.
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import mx.collections.ArrayCollection;
private var tempObj:Object = {};
[Bindable]
private var filterBtnCol:ArrayCollection = new ArrayCollection(
[{label:"Frank Black"}, {label:"NOFX"}
, {label:"Jawbreaker"}, {label:"Frank Black"}, {label:"NOFX"}, {label:"Jawbreaker"}
, {label:"Frank Black"}, {label:"NOFX"}, {label:"Jawbreaker"}]
);
private function filterCollection():void {
// assign the filter function
filterBtnCol.filterFunction = deDupe;
//refresh the collection
filterBtnCol.refresh();
}
private function deDupe(item:Object):Boolean {
// the return value
var retVal:Boolean = false;
// check the items in the itemObj Ojbect to see if it contains the value being tested
if (!tempObj.hasOwnProperty(item.label)) {
// if not found add the item to the object
tempObj[item.label] = item;
retVal = true;
}
return retVal;
// or if you want to feel like a total bad ass and use only one line of code, use a tertiary statement ;)
// return (tempObj.hasOwnProperty(item.label) ? false : tempObj[item.label] = item && true);
}
]]>
