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 uniqueCount = ['a','b','c','d','d','e','a','b','c','f','g','h','h','h','e','a'];
// here we will collect only unique items from the array
var uniqueChars = [];

// iterate through each item of uniqueCount
for (i of uniqueCount) {
// if this is an item that was not earlier in uniqueCount, 
// put it into the uniqueChars array
  if (uniqueChars.indexOf(i) == -1) {
    uniqueChars.push(i);
  } 
}
// after iterating through all uniqueCount take each item in uniqueChars
// and compare it with each item in uniqueCount. If this uniqueChars item 
// corresponds to an item in uniqueCount, increase letterAccumulator by one.
for (x of uniqueChars) {
  let letterAccumulator = 0;
  for (i of uniqueCount) {
    if (i == x) {letterAccumulator++;}
  }
  console.log(`${x} = ${letterAccumulator}`);
}