How to Convert Array to Set in JavaScript?

Last Updated : 31 Jul, 2019

The task is to convert a JavaScript Array to a Set with the help of JavaScript. we’re going to discuss few techniques.

Approach:

Take the JavaScript array into a variable.
Use the new keyword to create a new set and pass the JavaScript array as it first and only argument.
This will automatically create the set of the provided array.

Example 1: In this example, the array is converted into set using the same approach defined above.

<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
  
<head>
    <title>
        JavaScript 
      | Convert Array to Set.
    </title>
</head>
  
<body style="text-align:center;"
      id="body">
    <h1 style="color:green;" 
        id="h1">  
            GeeksForGeeks  
        </h1>
    <p id="GFG_UP" 
       style="font-size: 15px; 
              font-weight: bold;">
    </p>
    <button onclick="GFG_Fun()">
        click here
    </button>
    <p id="GFG_DOWN" 
       style="color:green; 
              font-size: 20px;
              font-weight: bold;">
    </p>
    <script>
        var up = document.getElementById('GFG_UP');
        var down = document.getElementById('GFG_DOWN');
        var A = [1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 5, 5];
        
        up.innerHTML = "Click on the button to convert"+
          " the array to set.<br>" + "Array - [" + A + "]";
  
        function GFG_Fun() {
            var set = new Set(A);
            down.innerHTML = JSON.stringify([...set]);
        }
    </script>
</body>
  
</html>

Output:

Before clicking on the button:
After clicking on the button:

Example 2: In this example, the array is converted into set using a bit approach than above.

<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
  
<head>
    <title>
        JavaScript 
      | Convert Array to Set.
    </title>
</head>
  
<body style="text-align:center;" id="body">
    <h1 style="color:green;" id="h1">  
            GeeksForGeeks  
        </h1>
    <p id="GFG_UP" 
       style="font-size: 15px; 
              font-weight: bold;">
    </p>
    <button onclick="GFG_Fun()">
        click here
    </button>
    <p id="GFG_DOWN" 
       style="color:green; 
              font-size: 20px; 
              font-weight: bold;">
    </p>
    <script>
        var up = document.getElementById('GFG_UP');
        var down = document.getElementById('GFG_DOWN');
        
        var A = ["A", "A", "Computer Science", "portal", 
                 "for", "for", "Geeks", "Geeks"];
        
        up.innerHTML = "Click on the button to convert "+
          "the array to set.<br>" + "Array - [" + A + "]";
  
        function GFG_Fun() {
            var set = new Set(A);
            down.innerHTML = JSON.stringify([...set.keys()]);
        }
    </script>
</body>
  
</html>

Output:

Before clicking on the button:
After clicking on the button:

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