Frequency counters
Here is a concise method for counting the number instances of each type of array element.
function frequencyCounter(...inputArr) {
let counter = {};
inputArr.forEach((item) => {
// If item doesn't exist as a key in the counter, make 0 the val and add one
// If item already exists as key in the counter, increment it by one
counter[item] = (counter[item] || 0) + 1;
});
return counter;
}
An application of this would be checking for duplicates in an array:
const testArr = [1, 4, 3, 3];
const arrayFreq = frequencyCounter(testArr);
let count = Object.values(arrayFreq);
if (count.some((ele) => ele > 1)) {
return "There are duplicates";
} else return "No duplicates";