From 55f502e1f1583063c0f835c1072e75c65dd851ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sandra Laguna <73791262+sandra-laguna@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2022 13:22:27 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] algorithm: count letters (#1164)

---
 String/CountLetters.js           | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 String/test/CountLetters.test.js | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 66 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 String/CountLetters.js
 create mode 100644 String/test/CountLetters.test.js

diff --git a/String/CountLetters.js b/String/CountLetters.js
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index 000000000..6b6400150
--- /dev/null
+++ b/String/CountLetters.js
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+/**
+ * @function countLetters
+ * @description Given a string, count the number of each letter.
+ * @param {String} str - The input string
+ * @return {Object} - Object with letters and number of times
+ * @example countLetters("hello") => {h: 1, e: 1, l: 2, o: 1}
+ */
+
+const countLetters = (str) => {
+  const specialChars = /\W/g
+
+  if (typeof str !== 'string') {
+    throw new TypeError('Input should be a string')
+  }
+
+  if (specialChars.test(str)) {
+    throw new TypeError('Input must not contain special characters')
+  }
+
+  if (/\d/.test(str)) {
+    throw new TypeError('Input must not contain numbers')
+  }
+
+  const obj = {}
+  for (let i = 0; i < str.toLowerCase().length; i++) {
+    const char = str.toLowerCase().charAt(i)
+    obj[char] = (obj[char] || 0) + 1
+  }
+
+  return obj
+}
+
+export { countLetters }
diff --git a/String/test/CountLetters.test.js b/String/test/CountLetters.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..424dcfa31
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+++ b/String/test/CountLetters.test.js
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+import { countLetters } from '../CountLetters'
+
+describe('CountLetters', () => {
+  it('expect throws on use wrong param', () => {
+    expect(() => countLetters(0)).toThrow()
+  })
+
+  it('expect throws when using a number in the string', () => {
+    expect(() => countLetters('h3llo')).toThrow()
+  })
+
+  it('expect throws when using a special characters in the string', () => {
+    expect(() => countLetters('hello!')).toThrow()
+  })
+
+  it('count the letters in a string. Allows lower case', () => {
+    const value = 'hello'
+    const count = countLetters(value)
+    expect(count).toEqual({ h: 1, e: 1, l: 2, o: 1 })
+  })
+
+  it('count the letters in a string. Allows upper case', () => {
+    const value = 'HELLO'
+    const count = countLetters(value)
+    expect(count).toEqual({ h: 1, e: 1, l: 2, o: 1 })
+  })
+
+  it('count the letters in a string. Allows upper and lower case', () => {
+    const value = 'HelLo'
+    const count = countLetters(value)
+    expect(count).toEqual({ h: 1, e: 1, l: 2, o: 1 })
+  })
+})