how do i count the number of occurrences in a string javascript

var temp = "This is a string.";
var count = (temp.match(/is/g) || []).length;
console.log(count);

Output: 2

Explaination : The g in the regular expression (short for global) says to search the whole string rather than just find the first occurrence. This matches 'is' twice.

function countOccurences(string, word) {
   return string.split(word).length - 1;
}
var text="We went down to the stall, then down to the river."; 
var count=countOccurences(text,"down"); // 2

function charCount(myChar, str) {
	let count = 0;

	for (let i = 0; i < str.length; i++) 
    if (str.charAt(i) == myChar) 
        count++
 return count;
}