jweinst1
9/8/2015 - 5:20 AM

letter and word counting functions in javascript

letter and word counting functions in javascript

function wordarray(x) {
    return x.split(" ");
}
function letterarray(x) {
    return x.split("");
}
function wordcount(x) {
    return wordarray(x).length;
}
function lettercount(x) {
    return x.split("").length;
}
function countspecword(x, word) {
    var count = 0;
    var wordlist = x.split(" ")
    for (i = 0; i < wordlist.length; i++) {
        if (wordlist[i] == word) {
            count++;
        }
    }
    return count;
}
function countspecletter(x, letter) {
    var count = 0;
    var letterlist = x.split("")
    for (i = 0; i < letterlist.length; i++) {
        if (letterlist[i] == letter) {
            count++;
        }
    }
    return count;
}