JavaScript: Number of occurrences of each letter in specified string
JavaScript Function: Exercise-17 with Solution
Write a JavaScript function to get the number of occurrences of each letter in a specified string.
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Sample Solution: -
HTML Code:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset=utf-8 />
<title>Number of occurrences of each letter in specified string</title>
</head>
<body>
JavaScript Code:
function Char_Counts(str1) {
var uchars = {};
str1.replace(/\S/g, function(l){uchars[l] = (isNaN(uchars[l]) ? 1 : uchars[l] + 1);});
return uchars;
}
console.log(Char_Counts("The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog"));
Sample Output:
{"T":1,"h":2,"e":3,"q":1,"u":2,"i":1,"c":1,"k":1,"b":1,"r":2,"o":4,"w":1,"n":1,"f":1,"x":1,"j":1,"m":1,"p":1,"s":1,"v":1,"t":1,"l":1,"a":1,"z":1,"y":1,"d":1,"g":1}
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