So I want my code to count the amount of times a letter shows up within a string and output the result.
ie:
amount(door, o) ===> 2
Can I do it using a for loop using
function(amount,letter){
var count=0
for (var i=0 ; i < amount.length ; i++) {
if(amount[i] == letter[i]) count++
}
}
not really sure how to make it work
Your code was almost correct but there some mistakes
countlet or const instead of var=== instead of ==function amount(word, letter) {
let count = 0;
for (let i = 0; i < word.length; i++) {
if(word[i] === letter) count++
}
return count;
}
console.log(amount('door', 'o'));
Using array methods you can simplify even more
function amount(word, letter) {
return Array.prototype.reduce.call(word, (acc, el) => acc + (el === letter), 0);
}
console.log(amount('door', 'o'));
You can split the string into an array, then loop through each of the letters. We have a letterTracker object, which is where our values are stored. If the key of the letter doesn't exist in the object already, we'll add the key to it. If it does exist, we'll just add one to it.
var countLetters = (string)=>{
const stringArr = string.split('')
let letterTracker = {};
stringArr.forEach(letter=>{
letterTracker[letter]
? letterTracker[letter]++
: letterTracker[letter] = 1
});
return letterTracker;
}
countLetters('wuddup'); //returns { w: 1, u: 2, d: 2, p: 1 }
Using a more ES5 friendly method, and without splitting the string into an array, we can do this (the same result will be achieved):
function countLetters(string){
let letterTracker = {};
for(let i = 0; i < string.length; i++){
if(letterTracker[string[i]]){
letterTracker[string[i]]++
} else {
letterTracker[string[i]] = 1
}
}
return letterTracker;
}
countLetters('wuddupp?'); //returns { w: 1, u: 2, d: 2, p: 2, ?: 1 }