Sort Characters By Frequency
Given a string, sort it in decreasing order based on the frequency of characters.
Example 1:
Input:
"tree"
Output:
"eert"
Explanation:
'e' appears twice while 'r' and 't' both appear once.
So 'e' must appear before both 'r' and 't'. Therefore "eetr" is also a valid answer.
Example 2:
Input:
"cccaaa"
Output:
"cccaaa"
Explanation:
Both 'c' and 'a' appear three times, so "aaaccc" is also a valid answer.
Note that "cacaca" is incorrect, as the same characters must be together.
Example 3:
Input:
"Aabb"
Output:
"bbAa"
Explanation:
"bbaA" is also a valid answer, but "Aabb" is incorrect.
Note that 'A' and 'a' are treated as two different characters.
class Solution {
public String frequencySort(String s) {
HashMap<Character, Integer> map = new HashMap<>();
int max = 0;
for (char c : s.toCharArray()) {
map.put(c, map.getOrDefault(c, 0) + 1);
max = Math.max(max, map.get(c));
}
ArrayList<Character>[] list = new ArrayList[max + 1];
for (int i = 0; i <= max; i++)
list[i] = new ArrayList<>();
for (char c : map.keySet())
list[map.get(c)].add(c);
StringBuilder str = new StringBuilder();
for (int i = max; i > 0; i--) {
if (list[i].size() > 0)
for (char c : list[i]) {
int count = i;
while (count-- > 0)
str.append(c);
}
}
return str.toString();
}
}
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