Count duplicate array entries?

[Holsey]

var my_array:Array = new Array("a", "a", "a", "b", "a", "a", "a", "a", "a", "v", "a", "a", "a", "a", "a", "a", "a");

function count_by_search(data_arr:Array, str:String) {
    Array.prototype.copy = Array.prototype.slice;
    var arr = data_arr.copy();
    var i = 0;
    var count = 0;
    while (i<arr.length) {
        var j = 0;
        while (j<arr.length) {
            if (arr[j] == str) {
                arr.splice(j,1);
                count++;
            } else {
                j++;
            }
        }
        i++;
    }
    if (count>0) {
        return "Duplicate found "+str+": "+(count);
    } else if (count == 0) {
        return "Invalid search";
    } else {
        return "No duplicate found";
    }
}

Array.prototype.count_by_search = function(str) {
    Array.prototype.copy = Array.prototype.slice;
    var arr = this.copy();
    var i = 0;
    var count = 0;
    while (i<arr.length) {
        var j = 0;
        while (j<arr.length) {
            if (arr[j] == str) {
                arr.splice(j,1);
                count++;
            } else {
                j++;
            }
        }
        i++;
    }
    if (count>0) {
        return "Duplicate found "+str+": "+(count);
    } else if (count == 0) {
        return "Invalid search";
    } else {
        return "No duplicate found";
    }
};

var count_search;
trace("my_array.count_by_search(\"string\");\n");
count_search = my_array.count_by_search("b");
trace(count_search);
count_search = my_array.count_by_search("a");
trace(count_search);
count_search = my_array.count_by_search("l");
trace(count_search);

trace("\ncount_by_search(my_array, \"string\");\n");
count_search = count_by_search(my_array, "a");
trace(count_search);
count_search = count_by_search(my_array, "b");
trace(count_search);
count_search = count_by_search(my_array, "l");
trace(count_search); 

That is not the correct way. This will be the right way.

Sorry for my mistake..


marlopax

Ah, that works as well. No worries, thank you again!