How to count duplicate value in an array in javasc

Question

Currently, I got an array like that:

var uniqueCount = Array();

After a few steps, my array looks like that:

uniqueCount = [a,b,c,d,d,e,a,b,c,f,g,h,h,h,e,a];

How can I count how many a,b,c are there in the array? I want to have a result like:

a = 3
b = 1
c = 2
d = 2

etc.

Answer 1

public class CalculateCount {
public static void main(String[] args) {
    int a[] = {1,2,1,1,5,4,3,2,2,1,4,4,5,3,4,5,4};
    Arrays.sort(a);
    int count=1;
    int i;
    for(i=0;i<a.length-1;i++){
        if(a[i]!=a[i+1]){
            System.out.println("The Number "+a[i]+" appears "+count+" times");
            count=1;                
        }
        else{
            count++;
        }
    }
    System.out.println("The Number "+a[i]+" appears "+count+" times");

}   

}

Answer 2

I stumbled across this (very old) question. Interestingly the most obvious and elegant solution (imho) is missing: Array.prototype.reduce(...). All major browsers support this feature since about 2011 (IE) or even earlier (all others):

var arr = ['a','b','c','d','d','e','a','b','c','f','g','h','h','h','e','a'];
var map = arr.reduce(function(prev, cur) {
  prev[cur] = (prev[cur] || 0) + 1;
  return prev;
}, {});

// map is an associative array mapping the elements to their frequency:
document.write(JSON.stringify(map));
// prints {"a": 3, "b": 2, "c": 2, "d": 2, "e": 2, "f": 1, "g": 1, "h": 3}

Answer 3

You can have an object that contains counts. Walk over the list and increment the count for each element:

var counts = {};

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

for (var element in counts) {
  console.log(element + ' = ' + counts[element]);
} 

Answer 4

Single line based on reduce array function

const uniqueCount =  ["a", "b", "c", "d", "d", "e", "a", "b", "c", "f", "g", "h", "h", "h", "e", "a"];
const distribution = uniqueCount.reduce((acum,cur) => Object.assign(acum,{[cur]: (acum[cur] | 0)+1}),{});
console.log(JSON.stringify(distribution,null,2));

Answer 5

This is my dummy answer that anyone can understand!

const duplicates = function(arr){
const dic = []
arr.forEach(function(val){
    if(!!dic[val]){
        dic[val]++
    }else{
        dic[val] = 1
    }
});
return dic
}