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In Javascript, I'm trying to take an initial array of number values and count the elements inside it. Ideally, the result would be two new arrays, the first specifying each unique element, and the second containing the number of times each element occurs. However, I'm open to suggestions on the format of the output.
For example, if the initial array was:
5, 5, 5, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 9, 4
Then two new arrays would be created. The first would contain the name of each unique element:
5, 2, 9, 4
The second would contain the number of times that element occurred in the initial array:
3, 5, 1, 1
Because the number 5 occurs three times in the initial array, the number 2 occurs five times and 9 and 4 both appear once.
I've searched a lot for a solution, but nothing seems to work, and everything I've tried myself has wound up being ridiculously complex. Any help would be appreciated!
Thanks :)
You can use an object to hold the results:
const arr = [5, 5, 5, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 9, 4];
const counts = {};
for (const num of arr) {
counts[num] = counts[num] ? counts[num] + 1 : 1;
}
console.log(counts);
console.log(counts[5], counts[2], counts[9], counts[4]);
So, now your counts object can tell you what the count is for a particular number:
console.log(counts[5]); // logs '3'
If you want to get an array of members, just use the keys() functions
keys(counts); // returns ["5", "2", "9", "4"]
const occurrences = [5, 5, 5, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 9, 4].reduce(function (acc, curr) {
return acc[curr] ? ++acc[curr] : acc[curr] = 1, acc
}, {});
console.log(occurrences) // => {2: 5, 4: 1, 5: 3, 9: 1}
const arr = [2, 2, 5, 2, 2, 2, 4, 5, 5, 9];
function foo (array) {
let a = [],
b = [],
arr = [...array], // clone array so we don't change the original when using .sort()
prev;
arr.sort();
for (let element of arr) {
if (element !== prev) {
a.push(element);
b.push(1);
}
else ++b[b.length - 1];
prev = element;
}
return [a, b];
}
const result = foo(arr);
console.log('[' + result[0] + ']','[' + result[1] + ']')
console.log(arr)
One line ES6 solution. So many answers using object as a map but I can't see anyone using an actual Map
const map = arr.reduce((acc, e) => acc.set(e, (acc.get(e) || 0) + 1), new Map());
Use map.keys() to get unique elements
Use map.values() to get the occurrences
Use map.entries() to get the pairs [element, frequency]
var arr = [5, 5, 5, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 9, 4]
const map = arr.reduce((acc, e) => acc.set(e, (acc.get(e) || 0) + 1), new Map());
console.info([...map.keys()])
console.info([...map.values()])
console.info([...map.entries()])
If using underscore or lodash, this is the simplest thing to do:
_.countBy(array);
Such that:
_.countBy([5, 5, 5, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 9, 4])
=> Object {2: 5, 4: 1, 5: 3, 9: 1}
As pointed out by others, you can then execute the _.keys() and _.values() functions on the result to get just the unique numbers, and their occurrences, respectively. But in my experience, the original object is much easier to deal with.
Don't use two arrays for the result, use an object:
a = [5, 5, 5, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 9, 4];
result = { };
for(var i = 0; i < a.length; ++i) {
if(!result[a[i]])
result[a[i]] = 0;
++result[a[i]];
}
Then result will look like:
{
2: 5,
4: 1,
5: 3,
9: 1
}
How about an ECMAScript2015 option.
const a = [5, 5, 5, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 9, 4];
const aCount = new Map([...new Set(a)].map(
x => [x, a.filter(y => y === x).length]
));
aCount.get(5) // 3
aCount.get(2) // 5
aCount.get(9) // 1
aCount.get(4) // 1
This example passes the input array to the Set constructor creating a collection of unique values. The spread syntax then expands these values into a new array so we can call map and translate this into a two-dimensional array of [value, count] pairs - i.e. the following structure:
Array [
[5, 3],
[2, 5],
[9, 1],
[4, 1]
]
The new array is then passed to the Map constructor resulting in an iterable object:
Map {
5 => 3,
2 => 5,
9 => 1,
4 => 1
}
The great thing about a Map object is that it preserves data-types - that is to say aCount.get(5) will return 3 but aCount.get("5") will return undefined. It also allows for any value / type to act as a key meaning this solution will also work with an array of objects.
function frequencies(/* {Array} */ a){
return new Map([...new Set(a)].map(
x => [x, a.filter(y => y === x).length]
));
}
let foo = { value: 'foo' },
bar = { value: 'bar' },
baz = { value: 'baz' };
let aNumbers = [5, 5, 5, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 9, 4],
aObjects = [foo, bar, foo, foo, baz, bar];
frequencies(aNumbers).forEach((val, key) => console.log(key + ': ' + val));
frequencies(aObjects).forEach((val, key) => console.log(key.value + ': ' + val));
I think this is the simplest way how to count occurrences with same value in array.
var a = [true, false, false, false];
a.filter(function(value){
return value === false;
}).length
const data = [5, 5, 5, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 9, 4]
function count(arr) {
return arr.reduce((prev, curr) => (prev[curr] = ++prev[curr] || 1, prev), {})
}
console.log(count(data))
2021's version
The more elegant way is using Logical nullish assignment (x ??= y) combined with Array#reduce() with O(n) time complexity.
The main idea is still using Array#reduce() to aggregate with output as object to get the highest performance (both time and space complexity) in terms of searching & construct bunches of intermediate arrays like other answers.
const arr = [2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 4, 5, 5, 5, 9];
const result = arr.reduce((acc, curr) => {
acc[curr] ??= {[curr]: 0};
acc[curr][curr]++;
return acc;
}, {});
console.log(Object.values(result));
Clean & Refactor code
Using Comma operator (,) syntax.
The comma operator (,) evaluates each of its operands (from left to
right) and returns the value of the last operand.
const arr = [2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 4, 5, 5, 5, 9];
const result = arr.reduce((acc, curr) => (acc[curr] = (acc[curr] || 0) + 1, acc), {});
console.log(result);
Output
{
"2": 5,
"4": 1,
"5": 3,
"9": 1
}
If you favour a single liner.
arr.reduce(function(countMap, word) {countMap[word] = ++countMap[word] || 1;return countMap}, {});
Edit (6/12/2015):
The Explanation from the inside out.
countMap is a map that maps a word with its frequency, which we can see the anonymous function. What reduce does is apply the function with arguments as all the array elements and countMap being passed as the return value of the last function call. The last parameter ({}) is the default value of countMap for the first function call.
ES6 version should be much simplifier (another one line solution)
let arr = [5, 5, 5, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 9, 4];
let acc = arr.reduce((acc, val) => acc.set(val, 1 + (acc.get(val) || 0)), new Map());
console.log(acc);
// output: Map { 5 => 3, 2 => 5, 9 => 1, 4 => 1 }
A Map instead of plain Object helping us to distinguish different type of elements, or else all counting are base on strings
Edit 2020: this is a pretty old answer (nine years). Extending the native prototype will always generate discussion. Although I think the programmer is free to choose her own programming style, here's a (more modern) approach to the problem without extending Array.prototype:
{
// create array with some pseudo random values (1 - 5)
const arr = Array.from({length: 100})
.map( () => Math.floor(1 + Math.random() * 5) );
// frequencies using a reducer
const arrFrequencies = arr.reduce((acc, value) =>
({ ...acc, [value]: acc[value] + 1 || 1}), {} )
console.log(arrFrequencies);
console.log(`Value 4 occurs ${arrFrequencies[4]} times in arrFrequencies`);
// bonus: restore Array from frequencies
const arrRestored = Object.entries(arrFrequencies)
.reduce( (acc, [key, value]) => acc.concat(Array(value).fill(+key)), [] );
console.log(arrRestored.join());
}
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The old (2011) answer: you could extend Array.prototype, like this:
{
Array.prototype.frequencies = function() {
var l = this.length,
result = {
all: []
};
while (l--) {
result[this[l]] = result[this[l]] ? ++result[this[l]] : 1;
}
// all pairs (label, frequencies) to an array of arrays(2)
for (var l in result) {
if (result.hasOwnProperty(l) && l !== 'all') {
result.all.push([l, result[l]]);
}
}
return result;
};
var freqs = [5, 5, 5, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 9, 4].frequencies();
console.log(`freqs[2]: ${freqs[2]}`); //=> 5
// or
var freqs = '1,1,2,one,one,2,2,22,three,four,five,three,three,five'
.split(',')
.frequencies();
console.log(`freqs.three: ${freqs.three}`); //=> 3
// Alternatively you can utilize Array.map:
Array.prototype.frequencies = function() {
var freqs = {
sum: 0
};
this.map(function(a) {
if (!(a in this)) {
this[a] = 1;
} else {
this[a] += 1;
}
this.sum += 1;
return a;
}, freqs);
return freqs;
}
}
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Based on answer of #adamse and #pmandell (which I upvote), in ES6 you can do it in one line:
2017 edit: I use || to reduce code size and make it more readable.
var a=[7,1,7,2,2,7,3,3,3,7,,7,7,7];
alert(JSON.stringify(
a.reduce((r,k)=>{r[k]=1+r[k]||1;return r},{})
));
It can be used to count characters:
var s="ABRACADABRA";
alert(JSON.stringify(
s.split('').reduce((a, c)=>{a[c]++?0:a[c]=1;return a},{})
));
A shorter version using reduce and tilde (~) operator.
const data = [2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 4, 5, 5, 5, 9];
function freq(nums) {
return nums.reduce((acc, curr) => {
acc[curr] = -~acc[curr];
return acc;
}, {});
}
console.log(freq(data));
If you are using underscore you can go the functional route
a = ['foo', 'foo', 'bar'];
var results = _.reduce(a,function(counts,key){ counts[key]++; return counts },
_.object( _.map( _.uniq(a), function(key) { return [key, 0] })))
so your first array is
_.keys(results)
and the second array is
_.values(results)
most of this will default to native javascript functions if they are available
demo : http://jsfiddle.net/dAaUU/
So here's how I'd do it with some of the newest javascript features:
First, reduce the array to a Map of the counts:
let countMap = array.reduce(
(map, value) => {map.set(value, (map.get(value) || 0) + 1); return map},
new Map()
)
By using a Map, your starting array can contain any type of object, and the counts will be correct. Without a Map, some types of objects will give you strange counts.
See the Map docs for more info on the differences.
This could also be done with an object if all your values are symbols, numbers, or strings:
let countObject = array.reduce(
(map, value) => { map[value] = (map[value] || 0) + 1; return map },
{}
)
Or slightly fancier in a functional way without mutation, using destructuring and object spread syntax:
let countObject = array.reduce(
(value, {[value]: count = 0, ...rest}) => ({ [value]: count + 1, ...rest }),
{}
)
At this point, you can use the Map or object for your counts (and the map is directly iterable, unlike an object), or convert it to two arrays.
For the Map:
countMap.forEach((count, value) => console.log(`value: ${value}, count: ${count}`)
let values = countMap.keys()
let counts = countMap.values()
Or for the object:
Object
.entries(countObject) // convert to array of [key, valueAtKey] pairs
.forEach(([value, count]) => console.log(`value: ${value}, count: ${count}`)
let values = Object.keys(countObject)
let counts = Object.values(countObject)
var array = [5, 5, 5, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 9, 4];
function countDuplicates(obj, num){
obj[num] = (++obj[num] || 1);
return obj;
}
var answer = array.reduce(countDuplicates, {});
// answer => {2:5, 4:1, 5:3, 9:1};
If you still want two arrays, then you could use answer like this...
var uniqueNums = Object.keys(answer);
// uniqueNums => ["2", "4", "5", "9"];
var countOfNums = Object.keys(answer).map(key => answer[key]);
// countOfNums => [5, 1, 3, 1];
Or if you want uniqueNums to be numbers
var uniqueNums = Object.keys(answer).map(key => +key);
// uniqueNums => [2, 4, 5, 9];
Here's just something light and easy for the eyes...
function count(a,i){
var result = 0;
for(var o in a)
if(a[o] == i)
result++;
return result;
}
Edit: And since you want all the occurences...
function count(a){
var result = {};
for(var i in a){
if(result[a[i]] == undefined) result[a[i]] = 0;
result[a[i]]++;
}
return result;
}
Solution using a map with O(n) time complexity.
var arr = [2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 4, 5, 5, 5, 9];
const countOccurrences = (arr) => {
const map = {};
for ( var i = 0; i < arr.length; i++ ) {
map[arr[i]] = ~~map[arr[i]] + 1;
}
return map;
}
Demo: http://jsfiddle.net/simevidas/bnACW/
There is a much better and easy way that we can do this using ramda.js.
Code sample here
const ary = [5, 5, 5, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 9, 4];
R.countBy(r=> r)(ary)
countBy documentation is at documentation
I know this question is old but I realized there are too few solutions where you get the count array as asked with a minimal code so here is mine
// The initial array we want to count occurences
var initial = [5, 5, 5, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 9, 4];
// The count array asked for
var count = Array.from(new Set(initial)).map(val => initial.filter(v => v === val).length);
// Outputs [ 3, 5, 1, 1 ]
Beside you can get the set from that initial array with
var set = Array.from(new Set(initial));
//set = [5, 2, 9, 4]
My solution with ramda:
const testArray = [5, 5, 5, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 9, 4]
const counfFrequency = R.compose(
R.map(R.length),
R.groupBy(R.identity),
)
counfFrequency(testArray)
Link to REPL.
Using MAP you can have 2 arrays in the output: One containing the occurrences & the other one is containing the number of occurrences.
const dataset = [2,2,4,2,6,4,7,8,5,6,7,10,10,10,15];
let values = [];
let keys = [];
var mapWithOccurences = dataset.reduce((a,c) => {
if(a.has(c)) a.set(c,a.get(c)+1);
else a.set(c,1);
return a;
}, new Map())
.forEach((value, key, map) => {
keys.push(key);
values.push(value);
});
console.log(keys)
console.log(values)
This question is more than 8 years old and many, many answers do not really take ES6 and its numerous advantages into account.
Perhaps is even more important to think about the consequences of our code for garbage collection/memory management whenever we create additional arrays, make double or triple copies of arrays or even convert arrays into objects. These are trivial observations for small applications but if scale is a long term objective then think about these, thoroughly.
If you just need a "counter" for specific data types and the starting point is an array (I assume you want therefore an ordered list and take advantage of the many properties and methods arrays offer), you can just simply iterate through array1 and populate array2 with the values and number of occurrences for these values found in array1.
As simple as that.
Example of simple class SimpleCounter (ES6) for Object Oriented Programming and Object Oriented Design
class SimpleCounter {
constructor(rawList){ // input array type
this.rawList = rawList;
this.finalList = [];
}
mapValues(){ // returns a new array
this.rawList.forEach(value => {
this.finalList[value] ? this.finalList[value]++ : this.finalList[value] = 1;
});
this.rawList = null; // remove array1 for garbage collection
return this.finalList;
}
}
module.exports = SimpleCounter;
Using Lodash
const values = [5, 5, 5, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 9, 4];
const frequency = _.map(_.groupBy(values), val => ({ value: val[0], frequency: val.length }));
console.log(frequency);
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/lodash.js/4.17.15/lodash.min.js"></script>
To return an array which is then sortable:
let array = [5, 5, 5, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 9, 4]
let reducedArray = array.reduce( (acc, curr, _, arr) => {
if (acc.length == 0) acc.push({item: curr, count: 1})
else if (acc.findIndex(f => f.item === curr ) === -1) acc.push({item: curr, count: 1})
else ++acc[acc.findIndex(f => f.item === curr)].count
return acc
}, []);
console.log(reducedArray.sort((a,b) => b.count - a.count ))
/*
Output:
[
{
"item": 2,
"count": 5
},
{
"item": 5,
"count": 3
},
{
"item": 9,
"count": 1
},
{
"item": 4,
"count": 1
}
]
*/
Check out the code below.
<html>
<head>
<script>
// array with values
var ar = [5, 5, 5, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 9, 4];
var Unique = []; // we'll store a list of unique values in here
var Counts = []; // we'll store the number of occurances in here
for(var i in ar)
{
var Index = ar[i];
Unique[Index] = ar[i];
if(typeof(Counts[Index])=='undefined')
Counts[Index]=1;
else
Counts[Index]++;
}
// remove empty items
Unique = Unique.filter(function(){ return true});
Counts = Counts.filter(function(){ return true});
alert(ar.join(','));
alert(Unique.join(','));
alert(Counts.join(','));
var a=[];
for(var i=0; i<Unique.length; i++)
{
a.push(Unique[i] + ':' + Counts[i] + 'x');
}
alert(a.join(', '));
</script>
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>
function countOcurrences(arr){
return arr.reduce((aggregator, value, index, array) => {
if(!aggregator[value]){
return aggregator = {...aggregator, [value]: 1};
}else{
return aggregator = {...aggregator, [value]:++aggregator[value]};
}
}, {})
}
You can simplify this a bit by extending your arrays with a count function. It works similar to Ruby’s Array#count, if you’re familiar with it.
Array.prototype.count = function(obj){
var count = this.length;
if(typeof(obj) !== "undefined"){
var array = this.slice(0), count = 0; // clone array and reset count
for(i = 0; i < array.length; i++){
if(array[i] == obj){ count++ }
}
}
return count;
}
Usage:
let array = ['a', 'b', 'd', 'a', 'c'];
array.count('a'); // => 2
array.count('b'); // => 1
array.count('e'); // => 0
array.count(); // => 5
Gist
Edit
You can then get your first array, with each occurred item, using Array#filter:
let occurred = [];
array.filter(function(item) {
if (!occurred.includes(item)) {
occurred.push(item);
return true;
}
}); // => ["a", "b", "d", "c"]
And your second array, with the number of occurrences, using Array#count into Array#map:
occurred.map(array.count.bind(array)); // => [2, 1, 1, 1]
Alternatively, if order is irrelevant, you can just return it as a key-value pair:
let occurrences = {}
occurred.forEach(function(item) { occurrences[item] = array.count(item) });
occurences; // => {2: 5, 4: 1, 5: 3, 9: 1}
In Javascript, I'm trying to take an initial array of number values and count the elements inside it. Ideally, the result would be two new arrays, the first specifying each unique element, and the second containing the number of times each element occurs. However, I'm open to suggestions on the format of the output.
For example, if the initial array was:
5, 5, 5, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 9, 4
Then two new arrays would be created. The first would contain the name of each unique element:
5, 2, 9, 4
The second would contain the number of times that element occurred in the initial array:
3, 5, 1, 1
Because the number 5 occurs three times in the initial array, the number 2 occurs five times and 9 and 4 both appear once.
I've searched a lot for a solution, but nothing seems to work, and everything I've tried myself has wound up being ridiculously complex. Any help would be appreciated!
Thanks :)
You can use an object to hold the results:
const arr = [5, 5, 5, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 9, 4];
const counts = {};
for (const num of arr) {
counts[num] = counts[num] ? counts[num] + 1 : 1;
}
console.log(counts);
console.log(counts[5], counts[2], counts[9], counts[4]);
So, now your counts object can tell you what the count is for a particular number:
console.log(counts[5]); // logs '3'
If you want to get an array of members, just use the keys() functions
keys(counts); // returns ["5", "2", "9", "4"]
const occurrences = [5, 5, 5, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 9, 4].reduce(function (acc, curr) {
return acc[curr] ? ++acc[curr] : acc[curr] = 1, acc
}, {});
console.log(occurrences) // => {2: 5, 4: 1, 5: 3, 9: 1}
const arr = [2, 2, 5, 2, 2, 2, 4, 5, 5, 9];
function foo (array) {
let a = [],
b = [],
arr = [...array], // clone array so we don't change the original when using .sort()
prev;
arr.sort();
for (let element of arr) {
if (element !== prev) {
a.push(element);
b.push(1);
}
else ++b[b.length - 1];
prev = element;
}
return [a, b];
}
const result = foo(arr);
console.log('[' + result[0] + ']','[' + result[1] + ']')
console.log(arr)
One line ES6 solution. So many answers using object as a map but I can't see anyone using an actual Map
const map = arr.reduce((acc, e) => acc.set(e, (acc.get(e) || 0) + 1), new Map());
Use map.keys() to get unique elements
Use map.values() to get the occurrences
Use map.entries() to get the pairs [element, frequency]
var arr = [5, 5, 5, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 9, 4]
const map = arr.reduce((acc, e) => acc.set(e, (acc.get(e) || 0) + 1), new Map());
console.info([...map.keys()])
console.info([...map.values()])
console.info([...map.entries()])
If using underscore or lodash, this is the simplest thing to do:
_.countBy(array);
Such that:
_.countBy([5, 5, 5, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 9, 4])
=> Object {2: 5, 4: 1, 5: 3, 9: 1}
As pointed out by others, you can then execute the _.keys() and _.values() functions on the result to get just the unique numbers, and their occurrences, respectively. But in my experience, the original object is much easier to deal with.
Don't use two arrays for the result, use an object:
a = [5, 5, 5, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 9, 4];
result = { };
for(var i = 0; i < a.length; ++i) {
if(!result[a[i]])
result[a[i]] = 0;
++result[a[i]];
}
Then result will look like:
{
2: 5,
4: 1,
5: 3,
9: 1
}
How about an ECMAScript2015 option.
const a = [5, 5, 5, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 9, 4];
const aCount = new Map([...new Set(a)].map(
x => [x, a.filter(y => y === x).length]
));
aCount.get(5) // 3
aCount.get(2) // 5
aCount.get(9) // 1
aCount.get(4) // 1
This example passes the input array to the Set constructor creating a collection of unique values. The spread syntax then expands these values into a new array so we can call map and translate this into a two-dimensional array of [value, count] pairs - i.e. the following structure:
Array [
[5, 3],
[2, 5],
[9, 1],
[4, 1]
]
The new array is then passed to the Map constructor resulting in an iterable object:
Map {
5 => 3,
2 => 5,
9 => 1,
4 => 1
}
The great thing about a Map object is that it preserves data-types - that is to say aCount.get(5) will return 3 but aCount.get("5") will return undefined. It also allows for any value / type to act as a key meaning this solution will also work with an array of objects.
function frequencies(/* {Array} */ a){
return new Map([...new Set(a)].map(
x => [x, a.filter(y => y === x).length]
));
}
let foo = { value: 'foo' },
bar = { value: 'bar' },
baz = { value: 'baz' };
let aNumbers = [5, 5, 5, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 9, 4],
aObjects = [foo, bar, foo, foo, baz, bar];
frequencies(aNumbers).forEach((val, key) => console.log(key + ': ' + val));
frequencies(aObjects).forEach((val, key) => console.log(key.value + ': ' + val));
I think this is the simplest way how to count occurrences with same value in array.
var a = [true, false, false, false];
a.filter(function(value){
return value === false;
}).length
const data = [5, 5, 5, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 9, 4]
function count(arr) {
return arr.reduce((prev, curr) => (prev[curr] = ++prev[curr] || 1, prev), {})
}
console.log(count(data))
2021's version
The more elegant way is using Logical nullish assignment (x ??= y) combined with Array#reduce() with O(n) time complexity.
The main idea is still using Array#reduce() to aggregate with output as object to get the highest performance (both time and space complexity) in terms of searching & construct bunches of intermediate arrays like other answers.
const arr = [2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 4, 5, 5, 5, 9];
const result = arr.reduce((acc, curr) => {
acc[curr] ??= {[curr]: 0};
acc[curr][curr]++;
return acc;
}, {});
console.log(Object.values(result));
Clean & Refactor code
Using Comma operator (,) syntax.
The comma operator (,) evaluates each of its operands (from left to
right) and returns the value of the last operand.
const arr = [2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 4, 5, 5, 5, 9];
const result = arr.reduce((acc, curr) => (acc[curr] = (acc[curr] || 0) + 1, acc), {});
console.log(result);
Output
{
"2": 5,
"4": 1,
"5": 3,
"9": 1
}
If you favour a single liner.
arr.reduce(function(countMap, word) {countMap[word] = ++countMap[word] || 1;return countMap}, {});
Edit (6/12/2015):
The Explanation from the inside out.
countMap is a map that maps a word with its frequency, which we can see the anonymous function. What reduce does is apply the function with arguments as all the array elements and countMap being passed as the return value of the last function call. The last parameter ({}) is the default value of countMap for the first function call.
ES6 version should be much simplifier (another one line solution)
let arr = [5, 5, 5, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 9, 4];
let acc = arr.reduce((acc, val) => acc.set(val, 1 + (acc.get(val) || 0)), new Map());
console.log(acc);
// output: Map { 5 => 3, 2 => 5, 9 => 1, 4 => 1 }
A Map instead of plain Object helping us to distinguish different type of elements, or else all counting are base on strings
Edit 2020: this is a pretty old answer (nine years). Extending the native prototype will always generate discussion. Although I think the programmer is free to choose her own programming style, here's a (more modern) approach to the problem without extending Array.prototype:
{
// create array with some pseudo random values (1 - 5)
const arr = Array.from({length: 100})
.map( () => Math.floor(1 + Math.random() * 5) );
// frequencies using a reducer
const arrFrequencies = arr.reduce((acc, value) =>
({ ...acc, [value]: acc[value] + 1 || 1}), {} )
console.log(arrFrequencies);
console.log(`Value 4 occurs ${arrFrequencies[4]} times in arrFrequencies`);
// bonus: restore Array from frequencies
const arrRestored = Object.entries(arrFrequencies)
.reduce( (acc, [key, value]) => acc.concat(Array(value).fill(+key)), [] );
console.log(arrRestored.join());
}
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The old (2011) answer: you could extend Array.prototype, like this:
{
Array.prototype.frequencies = function() {
var l = this.length,
result = {
all: []
};
while (l--) {
result[this[l]] = result[this[l]] ? ++result[this[l]] : 1;
}
// all pairs (label, frequencies) to an array of arrays(2)
for (var l in result) {
if (result.hasOwnProperty(l) && l !== 'all') {
result.all.push([l, result[l]]);
}
}
return result;
};
var freqs = [5, 5, 5, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 9, 4].frequencies();
console.log(`freqs[2]: ${freqs[2]}`); //=> 5
// or
var freqs = '1,1,2,one,one,2,2,22,three,four,five,three,three,five'
.split(',')
.frequencies();
console.log(`freqs.three: ${freqs.three}`); //=> 3
// Alternatively you can utilize Array.map:
Array.prototype.frequencies = function() {
var freqs = {
sum: 0
};
this.map(function(a) {
if (!(a in this)) {
this[a] = 1;
} else {
this[a] += 1;
}
this.sum += 1;
return a;
}, freqs);
return freqs;
}
}
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Based on answer of #adamse and #pmandell (which I upvote), in ES6 you can do it in one line:
2017 edit: I use || to reduce code size and make it more readable.
var a=[7,1,7,2,2,7,3,3,3,7,,7,7,7];
alert(JSON.stringify(
a.reduce((r,k)=>{r[k]=1+r[k]||1;return r},{})
));
It can be used to count characters:
var s="ABRACADABRA";
alert(JSON.stringify(
s.split('').reduce((a, c)=>{a[c]++?0:a[c]=1;return a},{})
));
A shorter version using reduce and tilde (~) operator.
const data = [2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 4, 5, 5, 5, 9];
function freq(nums) {
return nums.reduce((acc, curr) => {
acc[curr] = -~acc[curr];
return acc;
}, {});
}
console.log(freq(data));
If you are using underscore you can go the functional route
a = ['foo', 'foo', 'bar'];
var results = _.reduce(a,function(counts,key){ counts[key]++; return counts },
_.object( _.map( _.uniq(a), function(key) { return [key, 0] })))
so your first array is
_.keys(results)
and the second array is
_.values(results)
most of this will default to native javascript functions if they are available
demo : http://jsfiddle.net/dAaUU/
So here's how I'd do it with some of the newest javascript features:
First, reduce the array to a Map of the counts:
let countMap = array.reduce(
(map, value) => {map.set(value, (map.get(value) || 0) + 1); return map},
new Map()
)
By using a Map, your starting array can contain any type of object, and the counts will be correct. Without a Map, some types of objects will give you strange counts.
See the Map docs for more info on the differences.
This could also be done with an object if all your values are symbols, numbers, or strings:
let countObject = array.reduce(
(map, value) => { map[value] = (map[value] || 0) + 1; return map },
{}
)
Or slightly fancier in a functional way without mutation, using destructuring and object spread syntax:
let countObject = array.reduce(
(value, {[value]: count = 0, ...rest}) => ({ [value]: count + 1, ...rest }),
{}
)
At this point, you can use the Map or object for your counts (and the map is directly iterable, unlike an object), or convert it to two arrays.
For the Map:
countMap.forEach((count, value) => console.log(`value: ${value}, count: ${count}`)
let values = countMap.keys()
let counts = countMap.values()
Or for the object:
Object
.entries(countObject) // convert to array of [key, valueAtKey] pairs
.forEach(([value, count]) => console.log(`value: ${value}, count: ${count}`)
let values = Object.keys(countObject)
let counts = Object.values(countObject)
var array = [5, 5, 5, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 9, 4];
function countDuplicates(obj, num){
obj[num] = (++obj[num] || 1);
return obj;
}
var answer = array.reduce(countDuplicates, {});
// answer => {2:5, 4:1, 5:3, 9:1};
If you still want two arrays, then you could use answer like this...
var uniqueNums = Object.keys(answer);
// uniqueNums => ["2", "4", "5", "9"];
var countOfNums = Object.keys(answer).map(key => answer[key]);
// countOfNums => [5, 1, 3, 1];
Or if you want uniqueNums to be numbers
var uniqueNums = Object.keys(answer).map(key => +key);
// uniqueNums => [2, 4, 5, 9];
Here's just something light and easy for the eyes...
function count(a,i){
var result = 0;
for(var o in a)
if(a[o] == i)
result++;
return result;
}
Edit: And since you want all the occurences...
function count(a){
var result = {};
for(var i in a){
if(result[a[i]] == undefined) result[a[i]] = 0;
result[a[i]]++;
}
return result;
}
Solution using a map with O(n) time complexity.
var arr = [2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 4, 5, 5, 5, 9];
const countOccurrences = (arr) => {
const map = {};
for ( var i = 0; i < arr.length; i++ ) {
map[arr[i]] = ~~map[arr[i]] + 1;
}
return map;
}
Demo: http://jsfiddle.net/simevidas/bnACW/
There is a much better and easy way that we can do this using ramda.js.
Code sample here
const ary = [5, 5, 5, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 9, 4];
R.countBy(r=> r)(ary)
countBy documentation is at documentation
I know this question is old but I realized there are too few solutions where you get the count array as asked with a minimal code so here is mine
// The initial array we want to count occurences
var initial = [5, 5, 5, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 9, 4];
// The count array asked for
var count = Array.from(new Set(initial)).map(val => initial.filter(v => v === val).length);
// Outputs [ 3, 5, 1, 1 ]
Beside you can get the set from that initial array with
var set = Array.from(new Set(initial));
//set = [5, 2, 9, 4]
My solution with ramda:
const testArray = [5, 5, 5, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 9, 4]
const counfFrequency = R.compose(
R.map(R.length),
R.groupBy(R.identity),
)
counfFrequency(testArray)
Link to REPL.
Using MAP you can have 2 arrays in the output: One containing the occurrences & the other one is containing the number of occurrences.
const dataset = [2,2,4,2,6,4,7,8,5,6,7,10,10,10,15];
let values = [];
let keys = [];
var mapWithOccurences = dataset.reduce((a,c) => {
if(a.has(c)) a.set(c,a.get(c)+1);
else a.set(c,1);
return a;
}, new Map())
.forEach((value, key, map) => {
keys.push(key);
values.push(value);
});
console.log(keys)
console.log(values)
This question is more than 8 years old and many, many answers do not really take ES6 and its numerous advantages into account.
Perhaps is even more important to think about the consequences of our code for garbage collection/memory management whenever we create additional arrays, make double or triple copies of arrays or even convert arrays into objects. These are trivial observations for small applications but if scale is a long term objective then think about these, thoroughly.
If you just need a "counter" for specific data types and the starting point is an array (I assume you want therefore an ordered list and take advantage of the many properties and methods arrays offer), you can just simply iterate through array1 and populate array2 with the values and number of occurrences for these values found in array1.
As simple as that.
Example of simple class SimpleCounter (ES6) for Object Oriented Programming and Object Oriented Design
class SimpleCounter {
constructor(rawList){ // input array type
this.rawList = rawList;
this.finalList = [];
}
mapValues(){ // returns a new array
this.rawList.forEach(value => {
this.finalList[value] ? this.finalList[value]++ : this.finalList[value] = 1;
});
this.rawList = null; // remove array1 for garbage collection
return this.finalList;
}
}
module.exports = SimpleCounter;
Using Lodash
const values = [5, 5, 5, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 9, 4];
const frequency = _.map(_.groupBy(values), val => ({ value: val[0], frequency: val.length }));
console.log(frequency);
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/lodash.js/4.17.15/lodash.min.js"></script>
To return an array which is then sortable:
let array = [5, 5, 5, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 9, 4]
let reducedArray = array.reduce( (acc, curr, _, arr) => {
if (acc.length == 0) acc.push({item: curr, count: 1})
else if (acc.findIndex(f => f.item === curr ) === -1) acc.push({item: curr, count: 1})
else ++acc[acc.findIndex(f => f.item === curr)].count
return acc
}, []);
console.log(reducedArray.sort((a,b) => b.count - a.count ))
/*
Output:
[
{
"item": 2,
"count": 5
},
{
"item": 5,
"count": 3
},
{
"item": 9,
"count": 1
},
{
"item": 4,
"count": 1
}
]
*/
Check out the code below.
<html>
<head>
<script>
// array with values
var ar = [5, 5, 5, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 9, 4];
var Unique = []; // we'll store a list of unique values in here
var Counts = []; // we'll store the number of occurances in here
for(var i in ar)
{
var Index = ar[i];
Unique[Index] = ar[i];
if(typeof(Counts[Index])=='undefined')
Counts[Index]=1;
else
Counts[Index]++;
}
// remove empty items
Unique = Unique.filter(function(){ return true});
Counts = Counts.filter(function(){ return true});
alert(ar.join(','));
alert(Unique.join(','));
alert(Counts.join(','));
var a=[];
for(var i=0; i<Unique.length; i++)
{
a.push(Unique[i] + ':' + Counts[i] + 'x');
}
alert(a.join(', '));
</script>
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>
function countOcurrences(arr){
return arr.reduce((aggregator, value, index, array) => {
if(!aggregator[value]){
return aggregator = {...aggregator, [value]: 1};
}else{
return aggregator = {...aggregator, [value]:++aggregator[value]};
}
}, {})
}
You can simplify this a bit by extending your arrays with a count function. It works similar to Ruby’s Array#count, if you’re familiar with it.
Array.prototype.count = function(obj){
var count = this.length;
if(typeof(obj) !== "undefined"){
var array = this.slice(0), count = 0; // clone array and reset count
for(i = 0; i < array.length; i++){
if(array[i] == obj){ count++ }
}
}
return count;
}
Usage:
let array = ['a', 'b', 'd', 'a', 'c'];
array.count('a'); // => 2
array.count('b'); // => 1
array.count('e'); // => 0
array.count(); // => 5
Gist
Edit
You can then get your first array, with each occurred item, using Array#filter:
let occurred = [];
array.filter(function(item) {
if (!occurred.includes(item)) {
occurred.push(item);
return true;
}
}); // => ["a", "b", "d", "c"]
And your second array, with the number of occurrences, using Array#count into Array#map:
occurred.map(array.count.bind(array)); // => [2, 1, 1, 1]
Alternatively, if order is irrelevant, you can just return it as a key-value pair:
let occurrences = {}
occurred.forEach(function(item) { occurrences[item] = array.count(item) });
occurences; // => {2: 5, 4: 1, 5: 3, 9: 1}
First off am a beginner practicing my JavaScript. My solution to this problem will be posted. I think its worth mentioning this took almost two days of pondering to solve
The Problem:
I am required to write an algorithm that will return the mode(s) from the given input array. For example:
mode([4, 5, 6, 6, 6, 7, 7, 9, 10]) ➞ [6]
mode([4, 5, 5, 6, 7, 8, 8, 9, 9]) ➞ [5, 8, 9]
mode([1, 2, 2, 3, 6, 6, 7, 9]) ➞ [2, 6]
Solution:
function mode(nums) {
let array = [...nums]
array = array.sort((a, b) => a - b) //sorts the array from lowest value
// function to figure out the unique numbers and return as an array
function uniqueNums(array) {
let uniques = []
for (let i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
if (!uniques.includes(array[i])) {
uniques.push(array[i])
}
}
return uniques
}
//function to return the mode of every unique number
function counter(array) {
let modes = []
for (let i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
let count = 1, // keeps track of occurrence's of a number
track = 1 //variable enables the while loop keep checking
while (array[i] === array[i + track]) {
count++
track++
}
modes.push(count)
i += count - 1
}
return modes
}
//function to return the highest mode(s)
function highestMode(uniques, modes) {
let highest = [],
max = 0 //tracks our highest number in the array
//loops to find highest mode
for (let i = 0; i < modes.length; i++) {
if (max < modes[i]) {
max = modes[i]
}
}
//loops to push position of modes equal to the highest mode
for (let i = 0; i < modes.length; i++) {
if (max === modes[i]) {
highest.push(i)
}
}
//uses the position of highest modes to swap them with their
//actual values
let result = highest.map(a => a = uniques[a])
return result
}
return highestMode(uniqueNums(array), counter(array))
}
console.log(mode([4, 4, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 10]))
If you're looking at this as a learning exercise, here's another implementation of the same algorithm from CertainPerformance, but written quite differently.
const mode = (
ns,
counts = ns .reduce ((m, n) => m .set (n, (m .get (n) || 0) + 1), new Map ()),
max = Math .max (... counts .values())
) =>
[...counts] .flatMap (([n, c]) => c == max ? [n] : [])
console .log (mode ([4, 5, 6, 6, 6, 7, 7, 9, 10])) //=> [6]
console .log (mode ([4, 5, 5, 6, 7, 8, 8, 9, 9])) //=> [5, 8, 9]
console .log (mode ([1, 2, 2, 3, 6, 6, 7, 9])) //=> [2, 6]
If it's not clear, my counts matches to grouped and my max to maxCount.
The big difference from the answer by CertainPerformance is that this is written with pure expressions rather than statements. This is a style that I try to follow as much as I can do so practically.
It uses default parameters as a poor-man's substitute for let bindings available in other languages. It's not a perfect substitute and there is at least one potential problem with it, but it can be quite useful. Doing this let me define some helper variables that you can't assign in a function body without statements. There are alternatives, but I find this simplest when I can get away with it.
The reduce call is essentially the same as the other answer. So is the max definition.
But I take advantage of the fact that the default iterator of a Map is the list of entries, to turn the map into [[4, 1], [5, 1], [6, 3] ...] just by using the spread operator (...), without a need to call .entries().
Finally, I replace a call to filter and then to map with a single call to flatMap. This feels more elegant.
I'm not trying to suggest that this code is better than the one from CertainPerformance. It's quite similar in feel, although different in arrangement. But it is a different approach to the problem, and it might have something to offer because of that.
I'd count up the number of occurrences of each element into an Map. Then use Math.max to find the largest value(s) in the map, and then take the keys which are equal to that largest value:
const mode = arr => {
const grouped = new Map();
for (const item of arr) {
grouped.set(item, (grouped.get(item) || 0) + 1);
}
const maxCount = Math.max(...grouped.values());
return [...grouped.entries()]
.filter(([, count]) => count === maxCount)
.map(([key]) => key);
};
console.log(mode([4, 5, 6, 6, 6, 7, 7, 9, 10])) // ➞ [6]
console.log(mode([4, 5, 5, 6, 7, 8, 8, 9, 9])) // ➞ [5, 8, 9]
console.log(mode([1, 2, 2, 3, 6, 6, 7, 9])) // ➞ [2, 6]
A more simpler and optimized approach with single iteration
https://jsfiddle.net/dv7f9nxr/
function mode(items) {
var result = [];
var count = {};
var highest= 0;
items.map((item) => {
var itemCount = (count[item] || 0) + 1;
count[item] = itemCount;
if(itemCount > highest) {
highest = itemCount;
//reset
result = [item];
} else if (itemCount === highest){
result.push(item);
}
})
return result;
}
console.log(mode([2, 3, 9, 6, 9]))
console.log(mode([2, 3,2, 9, 6, 9]))
console.log(mode([2, 3,2, 9, 6, 9,2]))
console.log(mode([2, 3, 9, 6, 9,6,2]))
When trying to figure out how to get the median value of an array, I first wanted to figure out if the number of elements in the array is odd or even.
If the number is odd then the console will log the element in the middle.
If there's an even number of elements I want the console to log 'Not an odd number of numbers'.
I'm sure there's an easier way to get the median of an array, but I want to figure that out by myself. Right now I just need help with why the console logs the number 1 in my second test of an array, even though there is an even number of elements in that array? It worked fine in the first and third test but not the second one...why?
function median (arr) {
let sorted = arr.sort((a, b) => a-b)
let midIndex = sorted.splice(0, sorted.length / 2)
if (arr.length %2 != 0) {
return midIndex[midIndex.length-1]
} else {
return "Not an odd number of numbers"
}
}
try {
let result = median([4, 8, 2, 4, 5])
console.log(result) // -> 4
result = median([-5, 1, 5, 2, 4, 1]) // -> 1
console.log(result)
result = median([5, 1, 1, 1, 3, -2, 2, 5, 7, 4, 5, 6]) // -> Not an odd number of numbers
console.log(result)
} catch (e) {
console.error(e.message)
}
Because splice actually changes the length of the original array - it does not create a new array. You can see this by taking a note of the length before calling splice
function median (arr) {
var initLength = arr.length;
let sorted = arr.sort((a, b) => a-b)
let midIndex = sorted.splice(0, sorted.length / 2)
console.log(initLength, arr.length);
if (arr.length %2 != 0) {
return midIndex[midIndex.length-1]
} else {
return "Not an odd number of numbers"
}
}
try {
let result = median([4, 8, 2, 4, 5])
//console.log(result) // -> 4
result = median([-5, 1, 5, 2, 4, 1]) // -> 1
//console.log(result)
result = median([5, 1, 1, 1, 3, -2, 2, 5, 7, 4, 5, 6]) // -> Not an odd number of numbers
//console.log(result)
} catch (e) {
console.error(e.message)
}
So splicing an array of 6 in half gives a length of 3 which is odd. Instead use the original array length and it does what you expected:
function median (arr) {
var initLength = arr.length;
let sorted = arr.sort((a, b) => a-b)
let midIndex = sorted.splice(0, sorted.length / 2)
if (initLength %2 != 0) {
return midIndex[midIndex.length-1]
} else {
return "Not an odd number of numbers"
}
}
try {
let result = median([4, 8, 2, 4, 5])
console.log(result) // -> 4
result = median([-5, 1, 5, 2, 4, 1]) // -> 1
console.log(result)
result = median([5, 1, 1, 1, 3, -2, 2, 5, 7, 4, 5, 6]) // -> Not an odd number of numbers
console.log(result)
} catch (e) {
console.error(e.message)
}
It's not a real world example, I over-simplified it. Giving this array:
const a = [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,4,5]; // Etc. Random numbers after.
I want to filter it to have only those matching a pattern (let's say greater than 3 for this trivial example) until something appends for the first time (let's say element is greater than 7)
So for this example, I just want: [4,5,6,7]. But with filter, I would have the trailing 4 and 5:
const a = [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,4,5].filter((v) => v > 3)
// returns: [4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 4, 5]
So I want to get item from an array and definitively stop after a condition. How can I filter then stop after the first time a condition is not met? (without for loop, I want to keep it "functional-like")
const a = [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,4,5,1,2,976,-1].awsome_function();
// returns: [4, 5, 6, 7, 8] because it stopped after the first 8.
You could use Array#some and combine both conditions.
var array = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 4, 5],
result = [];
array.some(a => (a > 3 && result.push(a), a > 7));
console.log(...result);
ES5
var array = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 4, 5],
result = [];
array.some(function (a) {
if (a > 3) {
result.push(a);
}
return a > 7;
});
console.log(...result);
A functional approach with filter and two constraints as function and a closure over a boolean value.
var array = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 4, 5],
filterFn = v => v > 3,
stopFn = v => v > 7,
filterBy = (fFn, sFn, go = true) => v => go && fFn(v) && (go = !sFn(v)),
result = array.filter(filterBy(filterFn, stopFn));
console.log(...result);
If you want to keep the functional style you can use this :
Array.prototype.filterUntil = function(predicate, stop){
let shouldStop = false;
return this.filter(function filter(value, index){
if(stop(value)){
shouldStop = true;
}
return shouldStop && predicate(value);
});
}
In your case you can call it like this :
data.filterUntil(value => value > 3, value => value < 7)
Another way of keeping it functional style is to use reduce.
Array.prototype.filterUntil = function(fn, stopFn) {
const { result } = this.reduce(
({ result, isStopped }, item) => {
isStopped = isStopped || stopFn(item);
return {
result: !isStopped && fn(item) ? [...result, item] : result,
isStopped,
};
},
{ result: [], isStopped: false }
);
return result;
};
console.log(
[1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,4,5].filterUntil(e => e > 3, e => e > 7)
);