Given a phrase, count the occurrences of each word in that phrase.
For example for the input "olly olly in come free"
olly: 2
in: 1
come: 1
free: 1
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https://exercism.io/tracks/javascript/installation
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$ npm test
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This is a classic toy problem, but we were reminded of it by seeing it in the Go Tour.
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import { Words } from './word-count';
describe('words()', () => {
const words = new Words();
test('counts one word', () => {
const expectedCounts = { word: 1 };
expect(words.count('word')).toEqual(expectedCounts);
});
xtest('counts one of each', () => {
const expectedCounts = { one: 1, of: 1, each: 1 };
expect(words.count('one of each')).toEqual(expectedCounts);
});
xtest('counts multiple occurrences', () => {
const expectedCounts = {
one: 1, fish: 4, two: 1, red: 1, blue: 1,
};
expect(words.count('one fish two fish red fish blue fish')).toEqual(expectedCounts);
});
xtest('includes punctuation', () => {
const expectedCounts = {
car: 1, ':': 2, carpet: 1, as: 1, java: 1, 'javascript!!&@$%^&': 1,
};
expect(words.count('car : carpet as java : javascript!!&@$%^&')).toEqual(expectedCounts);
});
xtest('includes numbers', () => {
const expectedCounts = { testing: 2, 1: 1, 2: 1 };
expect(words.count('testing 1 2 testing')).toEqual(expectedCounts);
});
xtest('normalizes to lower case', () => {
const expectedCounts = { go: 3 };
expect(words.count('go Go GO')).toEqual(expectedCounts);
});
xtest('counts properly international characters', () => {
const expectedCounts = {
'¡hola!': 1, '¿qué': 1, 'tal?': 1, 'привет!': 1,
};
expect(words.count('¡Hola! ¿Qué tal? Привет!')).toEqual(expectedCounts);
});
xtest('counts multiline', () => {
const expectedCounts = { hello: 1, world: 1 };
expect(words.count('hello\nworld')).toEqual(expectedCounts);
});
xtest('counts tabs', () => {
const expectedCounts = { hello: 1, world: 1 };
expect(words.count('hello\tworld')).toEqual(expectedCounts);
});
xtest('counts multiple spaces as one', () => {
const expectedCounts = { hello: 1, world: 1 };
expect(words.count('hello world')).toEqual(expectedCounts);
});
xtest('does not count leading or trailing whitespace', () => {
const expectedCounts = { introductory: 1, course: 1 };
expect(words.count('\t\tIntroductory Course ')).toEqual(expectedCounts);
});
xtest('handles properties that exist on Object’s prototype', () => {
const expectedCounts = {
reserved: 1, words: 1, like: 1, constructor: 1, and: 1, tostring: 1, 'ok?': 1,
};
expect(words.count('reserved words like constructor and toString ok?')).toEqual(expectedCounts);
});
});
export class Words {
count(inputString) {
let counts = {};
let words = inputString
.toLowerCase()
.trim()
.split(/\s+/);
words.forEach(function(word) {
counts[word] = words.filter(wordMatch => word === wordMatch).length;
});
return counts;
}
}
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