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Character Frequency Map
basicjavascript
Background
Frequency counting is fundamental in compression algorithms, statistical text analysis, and anagram detection.
Problem
Write a function that takes a string and returns an object where keys are characters and values are their occurrence counts.
Input
A string of zero or more characters.
Output
An object mapping each character to its count in the string.
Sample tests
Sample 1
Input: "hello"
Expected: {h:1, e:1, l:2, o:1}Your solution
Learning objective
Learn to build frequency maps using objects and the logical OR pattern for initialization.