irb
irb(main):001:0> string ="cat cat fox"
=> "cat cat fox"
irb(main):002:0> stringArray = string.split(" ")
=> ["cat", "cat", "fox"]
irb(main):003:0> string.count(stringArray[0])
=> 6

obviously what i want it to do is to count how many instances of cat
there are in a string by using an array.  Reason for this is i want to
be able to push the value of the count into a new array and make a hash
using (word, count) and then be able to print the word and count and
then do a method which will print the word and some kind of delimeter
that will express how many times cat showed up so...

cat| ##

or something like that but first thing is first why wont it let me count
how many instances of cat were in the string using an array? and why
does it tell me 6?
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