count number of characters up to specific part in javascript code example

Example 1: count occurrences of character in string javascript

var temp = "This is a string.";
var count = (temp.match(/is/g) || []).length;
console.log(count);

Output: 2

Explaination : The g in the regular expression (short for global) says to search the whole string rather than just find the first occurrence. This matches 'is' twice.

Example 2: count value a to b character javascript

const recorrences = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'a', 'b','a']
                .map(i => !!~i.indexOf('a'))
                .filter(i => i)
                .length;
console.log(`recorrences ${recorrences}`) 
//recorrences 3