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

Declare an object arr to hold the unique set as keys. Populate arr by looping through the array once using map. If the key has not been previously found then add the key and assign a value of zero. On each iteration increment the key's value.

Given testArray:

var testArray = ['a','b','c','d','d','e','a','b','c','f','g','h','h','h','e','a'];

solution:

var arr = {};
testArray.map(x=>{ if(typeof(arr[x])=="undefined") arr[x]=0; arr[x]++;});

JSON.stringify(arr) will output

{"a":3,"b":2,"c":2,"d":2,"e":2,"f":1,"g":1,"h":3}

Object.keys(arr) will return ["a","b","c","d","e","f","g","h"]

To find the occurrences of any item e.g. b arr['b'] will output 2