# Frequency of unique item in array

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/frequency-of-unique-item-in-array/222145>\
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**Created:** [April 11, 2007, 7:35am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/frequency-of-unique-item-in-array/222145 "2007-04-11T07:35:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![kikon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f05b48/32.png) [@kikon](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kikon)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2007, 7:35am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/frequency-of-unique-item-in-array/222145/1 "2007-04-11T07:35:51Z")

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Ok, I know how to remove duplicates from an array. But now I need to know how many times each unique item is in an array.

Example:

a,a,a,b,b,c,a

a:4  
b:2  
c:1

Any ideas?

Mucho Thanko!