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

Quickest way:

Сomputational complexity is O(n).

function howMuchIsRepeated_es5(arr) {
	const count = {};
	for (let i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
		const val = arr[i];
		if (val in count) {
			count[val] = count[val] + 1;
		} else {
			count[val] = 1;
		}
	}

	for (let key in count) {
		console.log("Value " + key + " is repeated " + count[key] + " times");
	}
}

howMuchIsRepeated_es5(['a','b','c','d','d','e','a','b','c','f','g','h','h','h','e','a']);

The shortest code:

Use ES6.

function howMuchIsRepeated_es6(arr) {
	// count is [ [valX, count], [valY, count], [valZ, count]... ];
	const count = [...new Set(arr)].map(val => [val, arr.join("").split(val).length - 1]);

	for (let i = 0; i < count.length; i++) {
		console.log(`Value ${count[i][0]} is repeated ${count[i][1]} times`);
	}
}

howMuchIsRepeated_es6(['a','b','c','d','d','e','a','b','c','f','g','h','h','h','e','a']);