# Count Letters in a Word Search by Helen Yu tags: arrays, higher_order_functions ## Summary > Create a function that counts the number of times a particular letter shows up in the word search. > Examples > letterCounter([ > ["D", "E", "Y", "H", "A", "D"], > ["C", "B", "Z", "Y", "J", "K"], > ["D", "B", "C", "A", "M", "N"], > ["F", "G", "G", "R", "S", "R"], > ["V", "X", "H", "A", "S", "S"] > ], "D") ➞ 3 > // "D" shows up 3 times: twice in the first row, once i ## Instructions Create a function that counts the number of times a particular letter shows up in the word search. ### Examples ``` letterCounter([ ["D", "E", "Y", "H", "A", "D"], ["C", "B", "Z", "Y", "J", "K"], ["D", "B", "C", "A", "M", "N"], ["F", "G", "G", "R", "S", "R"], ["V", "X", "H", "A", "S", "S"] ], "D") ➞ 3 // "D" shows up 3 times: twice in the first row, once in the third row. letterCounter([ ["D", "E", "Y", "H", "A", "D"], ["C", "B", "Z", "Y", "J", "K"], ["D", "B", "C", "A", "M", "N"], ["F", "G", "G", "R", "S", "R"], ["V", "X", "H", "A", "S", "S"] ], "H") ➞ 2 ``` ### Notes You will always be given an array with five sub-arrays.