Answers for "count number of matched characters in javascript"

js character certain count

var str = "Hello Lewes";
var ch = 'e';
 
var count = str.split("e").length - 1;
console.log(count);
 
/*
    Output: 3
*/

Javascript count instances of character in a string

function countInstancesOf(letter, sentence) {
  var count = 0;

  for (var i = 0; i < sentence.length; i++) {
    if (sentence.charAt(i) === letter) {
      count += 1;
    }
  }
  return count;
}