:The following example sets count to the number of occurrences of the letter e in the string str:
const str = 'To be, or not to be, that is the question.' let count = 0// www .j a v a 2s .co m let position = str.indexOf('e') while (position !== -1) { count++ position = str.indexOf('e', position + 1) } console.log(count) // displays 4