Answer by Sanjay Magar for How do I check if an array includes a value in JavaScript?

function countArray(originalArray) {

    var compressed = [];
    // make a copy of the input array
    var copyArray = originalArray.slice(0);

    // first loop goes over every element
    for (var i = 0; i < originalArray.length; i++) {

        var count = 0;  
        // loop over every element in the copy and see if it's the same
        for (var w = 0; w < copyArray.length; w++) {
            if (originalArray[i] == copyArray[w]) {
                // increase amount of times duplicate is found
                count++;
                // sets item to undefined
                delete copyArray[w];
            }
        }

        if (count > 0) {
            var a = new Object();
            a.value = originalArray[i];
            a.count = count;
            compressed.push(a);
        }
    }

    return compressed;
};

// It should go something like this:

var testArray = new Array("dog", "dog", "cat", "buffalo", "wolf", "cat", "tiger", "cat");
var newArray = countArray(testArray);
console.log(newArray);