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Specific character count in string

Time:03-14

So guys, I want to make a specific character counter, f.g. in word Specific we have 2 "i". Where am I wrong?

function countChar(word, char) {
  var count = 0
  for (let i = 0; i <= word.lenght; i  ) {
    if (word[i] === `${char}`) {
      count  = 1
    }
  }
  return count;
}
console.log(countChar("BBC","B"));
//0
//undefined

CodePudding user response:

Hi and welcome to stackoverflow!

You have two problems in your code:

  • typo word.length instead of word.lenght
  • word[i] instead of string[i] in the comparison

So, your code works when you use

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script type='text/javascript'>
function countChar(word, char) {
  var count = 0
  for (let i = 0; i <= word.length; i  ) {
    if (word[i] === `${char}`) {
      count  = 1
    }
  }
  return count;
}
alert (countChar("BBC","B"));
</script>
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>

Please use a debugger, like the ones that are contained in every modern browser in the future ;-).

CodePudding user response:

There is a typing mistake in for loop. Write length instead of lenght.

Here is working code

function countChar(word, char) {
    var count = 0
    for (let i = 0; i <= word.length; i  ) {
        if (word[i] === `${char}`) {
            count  = 1
        }
    }
    return count;
}
console.log(countChar("BBC","B"));

CodePudding user response:

You are very close to slove it! Only two mistakes:

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