How to count duplicate value in an array in javascript

Question

Currently, I got an array like that:

var uniqueCount = Array();

After a few steps, my array looks like that:

uniqueCount =          


        

Answer 1

var string = ['a','a','b','c','c','c','c','c','a','a','a'];

function stringCompress(string){

var obj = {},str = "";
string.forEach(function(i) { 
  obj[i] = (obj[i]||0) + 1;
});

for(var key in obj){
  str += (key+obj[key]);
}
  console.log(obj);
  console.log(str);
}stringCompress(string)

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