js count letters in string 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: how get count of letters in javascript

//when use length for string this will be return the count of charactor 
//in string
$("#about_me_textarea").val().length

Example 3: 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

Example 4: javascript count character in string

var str = "Hello World!";
var n = str.length;