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import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.Map;
public class MaxRepeatingUsingHashMap {
public void maxRepeatingElementUsingMap(int [] arrA){
//Will store each character and it's count
HashMap<Integer, Integer> map = new HashMap<>();
for (int i = 0; i <arrA.length; i++) {
if(map.containsKey(arrA[i])){
map.put(arrA[i],map.get(arrA[i])+1);
}else{
map.put(arrA[i], 1);
}
}
//traverse the map and track the element which has max count
Iterator entries = map.entrySet().iterator();
int maxCount = 0;
int element =arrA[0];
while(entries.hasNext()){
Map.Entry entry = (Map.Entry) entries.next();
int count = (Integer)entry.getValue();
if(maxCount<count){
maxCount = count;
element = (Integer)entry.getKey();
}
}
System.out.println("Element repeating maximum no of times: " + element + ", maximum count: " + maxCount);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
int [] arrA = {4, 1, 5, 2, 1, 5, 9, 8, 6, 5, 3, 2, 4, 7};
MaxRepeatingUsingHashMap m = new MaxRepeatingUsingHashMap();
m.maxRepeatingElementUsingMap(arrA);
}
}
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