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30-seconds-of-code/snippets/countOccurrences.md
Mathias Bynens 8ee50178f3 Avoid confusing prototype methods for static methods
Correct: `Array.from()` (it’s a static method)
Incorrect: `Array.join()` (doesn’t exist; it’s a prototype method)

This patch uses the common `#` syntax to denote `.prototype.`.
2018-09-28 15:44:12 -04:00

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countOccurrences

Counts the occurrences of a value in an array.

Use Array.prototype.reduce() to increment a counter each time you encounter the specific value inside the array.

const countOccurrences = (arr, val) => arr.reduce((a, v) => (v === val ? a + 1 : a), 0);
countOccurrences([1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 3], 1); // 3