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title: "Create unique keys for map elements that don't have unique property"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/create-unique-keys-for-map-elements-that-don-t-have-unique-property-nghqe05k8
source_url: https://reactjsexample.com/create-unique-keys-for-map-elements-that-dont-have-unique-property/
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source: "React.js Examples"
published: 2022-02-19T06:43:54.706Z
updated: 2022-02-19T06:43:54.710Z
tags: ["react"]
reading_time: 1
upvotes: 6
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# Create unique keys for map elements that don't have unique property

**[React.js Examples](https://daily.dev/sources/reactexample)** · 1 min read · 6 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

Small helper library to generate unique keys for map in react when you don't have unique property. Works with any type of data - arrays, objects, strings, numbers... Use getUniqueKey to create a unique key for your map. Use useGetUniqueKey ( ) to generate a key for a map.

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