bash count occurrences of string in array code example

Example 1: bash count occurrences of string in array

let count=0
for x in ${my_array[*]}; do
  if [ $x == 'abc' ]
  then
    count=$((count+1))
  fi
done

Example 2: bash count occurrences of string in array

for word in ${myarr[*]}; do
  echo $word
done | grep -c "hello"