Syntax error Get the item that appears the most times in an array JavaScript

Get the item that appears the most times in an array JavaScript

Let’s say, we are required to write a function that takes in an array of string / number literals and returns the index of the item that appears for the most number of times. We will iterate over the array and prepare a frequencyMap and from that map we will return the index that makes most appearances.

The code for doing so will be −

Example

const arr1 = [12, 5, 6, 76, 23, 12, 34, 5, 23, 34, 65, 34, 22, 67, 34];
const arr2 = [12, 5, 6, 76, 23, 12, 34, 5, 23, 34];
const mostAppearances = (arr) => {
   const frequencyMap = {};
   arr.forEach(el => {
      if(frequencyMap[el]){
         frequencyMap[el]++;
      }else{
         frequencyMap[el] = 1;
      };
   });
   let highest, frequency = 0;
   Object.keys(frequencyMap).forEach(key => {
      if(frequencyMap[key] > frequency){
         highest = parseInt(key, 10);
         frequency = frequencyMap[key];
      };
   });
   return arr.indexOf(highest);
};
console.log(mostAppearances(arr1));
console.log(mostAppearances(arr2));

Output

The output in the console will be −

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Updated on: 2020-08-20T06:34:53+05:30

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