convert array into object in js code example

Example 1: js array into object

const names = ['Alex', 'Bob', 'Johny', 'Atta'];

// convert array to th object
const obj = Object.assign({}, names);

// print object
console.log(obj);

// {0: "Alex", 1: "Bob", 2: "Johny", 3: "Atta"}

Example 2: how to convert an array into an object using javascript

// This function counts instances of elements in an array
// the return object has the array elements as keys
// and number of occurrences as it's value
const arrToInstanceCountObj = arr => arr.reduce((obj, e) => {
  obj[e] = (obj[e] || 0) + 1;
  return obj;
}, {});

arrToInstanceCountObj(['h', 'e', 'l', 'l', 'o', 'w', 'o', 'r', 'l', 'd'])
/*
  {
    h: 1,
    e: 1,
    l: 3,
    o: 2,
    w: 1,
    r: 1,
    d: 1,
  }
*/