JSLINQ - Distinct from multiple columns - distinct

Question

I have a working JSFiddle demo
https://jsfiddle.net/u1fohjxw/
The idea is to create a unique list of items, based on multiple fields.
I know the way I've implemented it could be improved, but need advice on doing it in JSLINQ.
This filtered unique list I then manually loop and add again - this could be done in JSLINQ.
Please indicate how this should be done :
var myList = [
{FirstName:"Chris",LastName:"Pearson"},
{FirstName:"Chris",LastName:"Pearson"},
{FirstName:"Chris",LastName:"Sutherland"},
{FirstName:"John",LastName:"Ronald"},
{FirstName:"Steve",LastName:"Pinkerton"}
];
var exampleArray = JSLINQ(myList)
.Distinct(function(item){ return item.FirstName.concat(";",item.LastName)}).items
var newList = [];
for (var x = 0 ; x < exampleArray.length ; x++) {
var arraylist = exampleArray[x].split(";");
var y= new Object();
y.FirstName = arraylist[0];
y.LastName = arraylist[1];
newList.push(y);
};

Answer 1

how you doing? :)
Maybe something like this helps you out:
var myList = [
{FirstName:"Chris",LastName:"Pearson"},
{FirstName:"Chris",LastName:"Pearson"},
{FirstName:"Chris",LastName:"Sutherland"},
{FirstName:"John",LastName:"Ronald"},
{FirstName:"Steve",LastName:"Pinkerton"}
];
var resultList = myList.Distinct(function(x){
return {
FirstName: x.FirstName,
LastName: x.LastName
}
}).ToArray();
This will return an array of the object returned inside the distinct.
Edit:
Change the distinct method to this:
Distinct: function(clause) {
var item, dict = {}, retVal = [];
for (var i = 0; i < this.items.length; i++) {
item = clause.apply(this.items[i], [this.items[i]]);
if (dict[JSON.stringify(item)] === undefined) {
dict[JSON.stringify(item)] = true;
retVal.push(item);
}
}
dict = null;
return JSLINQ(retVal);
},
It's not stress tested, I don't know how much time will take to iterate through 10k+ objects, but it's something to study and improve! :)
There's another possible fix to this if you want to try.
Cheers!