Count duplicates in an array [duplicate]

Answer 1

The long way

var elements = ["apple", "apple", "orange", "apple", "banana"];

elements.sort();

var current = null;
var count = 0;

for(var i = 0; i < elements.length; i++)
{
    if(elements[i] != current)
  {
    if(count > 0)
    {
        document.write(current + " " + count + "
");
    }
    current = elements[i];
    count = 1;
  }
  else
  {
    count++;
  }
}

if(count > 0)
{
    document.write(current + " " + count);

The short way

var elements = ["apple", "apple", "orange", "apple", "banana"];

var counts = {};

elements.forEach(function(x) {
    counts[x] = (counts[x] || 0) + 1;
});

document.write("Apple: " + counts.apple + "
");
document.write("Banana: " + counts.banana + "
");
document.write("Orange: " + counts.orange + "
");