Remove duplicates from javascript array

To remove duplicates from JavaScript array.
you can use the following javaScript function, you need JQuery to be able to run this function

distinct: function (anArray) {
        var result = [];
        $.each(anArray, function (i, v) {
            if ($.inArray(v, result) === -1) result.push(v);
        });
        return result;
    }