counting how many times a word appears in a string javascript code example
Example 1: javascript count occurrences in string
function countOccurences(string, word) {
return string.split(word).length - 1;
}
var text="We went down to the stall, then down to the river.";
var count=countOccurences(text,"down");
Example 2: js string includes count
function occurrences(string, subString, allowOverlapping) {
string += "";
subString += "";
if (subString.length <= 0) return (string.length + 1);
var n = 0,
pos = 0,
step = allowOverlapping ? 1 : subString.length;
while (true) {
pos = string.indexOf(subString, pos);
if (pos >= 0) {
++n;
pos += step;
} else break;
}
return n;
}