Get the number of listeners registered to listen for a specific event

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The function Emitter.listenerCount(eventName) will return the number of listeners that are currently listening for the event provided as argument

const EventEmitter = require("events");
class MyEmitter extends EventEmitter{}
var emitter = new MyEmitter();

emitter
.on("data", ()=>{ // add listener for data event
    console.log("data event emitter");
});

console.log(emitter.listenerCount("data"))    // => 1
console.log(emitter.listenerCount("message")) // => 0

emitter.on("message", function mListener(){ //add listener for message event
    console.log("message event emitted");
});
console.log(emitter.listenerCount("data"))    // => 1
console.log(emitter.listenerCount("message")) // => 1

emitter.once("data", (stuff)=>{ //add another listener for data event
    console.log(`Tell me my ${stuff}`);
})

console.log(emitter.listenerCount("data"))   // => 2
console.log(emitter.listenerCount("message"))// => 1

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