javascript count the occurrences of a string in an array code example

Example 1: javascript Count the occurrences of a value in an array

const countOccurrences = (arr, val) => arr.reduce((a, v) => (v === val ? a + 1 : a), 0);

// Examples
countOccurrences([2, 1, 3, 3, 2, 3], 2);                // 2
countOccurrences(['a', 'b', 'a', 'c', 'a', 'b'], 'a');  // 3

Example 2: 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"); // 2