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different methods for grouping string in an array and getting the max value of the grouping.

Preparation code

<script>
  var arr = [];
  var day, month, year;
  for(var i = 0; i<6000; i++) {
    day = Math.round(Math.random()*30);
    month = Math.round(Math.random()*12);
    year = Math.round(Math.random()*3 + 2009);
    arr.push(month + "/" + day + "/" + year);
  }
</script>

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var group = {};
var max = 0;
var value;
for (var i = arr.length; --i >= 0;) {
    value = arr[i];
    group[value] = (group[value] || 0) + 1;
}
for (key in group) {
    if (group[key] > max) max = group[key];
}

var max = 0;
var group = {};
for (var i = arr.length; --i >= 0;) {
  var value = arr[i];
  var n = group[value] = 1 - -(group[value] | 0);
  if (n > max) { max = n; }
}

var max = 0;
var group = {};
arr.map(function (value) {
  if (group[value]) {
    group[value]++;
  } else {
    group[value] = 1;
  }
  max = Math.max(max, group[value]);
});

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• Revision 1: published by Joey on 21st July 2011
• Revision 2: published by Javier Pelado on 29th November 2012

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