Question

How to find highest frequency character in a string with Python

Answer 1

TOTLAASCII  = 256
  
def get_highest_frequency_character(s): 
    arr = [0] * TOTLAASCII  
  
    for i in s: 
        arr[ord(i)] += 1; 
  
    max = arr[0]
    ch = '' 
    for i in s: 
        if max < arr[ord(i)]: 
            max = arr[ord(i)] 
            ch = i 
  
    return ch 
  

s = "javac++phpcpythonc#GO"
print("Highest frequency character: " + get_highest_frequency_character(s)) 



'''
run:

Highest frequency character: c

'''

 

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Answer 2

import collections 
  
s = "javac++phpcpythonc#GO"

print("Highest frequency character: " + collections.Counter(s).most_common(1)[0][0] ) 



'''
run:

Highest frequency character: c

'''

 

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