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Java: Print a unique character in a string

I'm writing a program that will print the unique character in a string (entered through a scanner). I've created a method that tries to accomplish this but I keep getting characters that are not repeats, instead of a character (or characters) that is unique to the string. I want the unique letters only.
Here's my code:
import java.util.Scanner;
public class Sameness{
public static void main (String[]args){
Scanner kb = new Scanner (System.in);
String word = "";
System.out.println("Enter a word: ");
word = kb.nextLine();
uniqueCharacters(word);
}
public static void uniqueCharacters(String test){
String temp = "";
for (int i = 0; i < test.length(); i++){
if (temp.indexOf(test.charAt(i)) == - 1){
temp = temp + test.charAt(i);
}
}
System.out.println(temp + " ");
}
}
And here's sample output with the above code:
Enter a word:
nreena
nrea
The expected output would be: ra

Based on your desired output, you have to replace a character that initially has been already added when it has a duplicated later, so:
public static void uniqueCharacters(String test){
String temp = "";
for (int i = 0; i < test.length(); i++){
char current = test.charAt(i);
if (temp.indexOf(current) < 0){
temp = temp + current;
} else {
temp = temp.replace(String.valueOf(current), "");
}
}
System.out.println(temp + " ");
}

How about applying the KISS principle:
public static void uniqueCharacters(String test) {
System.out.println(test.chars().distinct().mapToObj(c -> String.valueOf((char)c)).collect(Collectors.joining()));
}

The accepted answer will not pass all the test case for example
input -"aaabcdd"
desired output-"bc"
but the accepted answer will give -abc
because the character a present odd number of times.
Here I have used ConcurrentHasMap to store character and the number of occurrences of character then removed the character if the occurrences is more than one time.
import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
public class RemoveConductive {
public static void main(String[] args) {
String s="aabcddkkbghff";
String[] cvrtar=s.trim().split("");
ConcurrentHashMap<String,Integer> hm=new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
for(int i=0;i<cvrtar.length;i++){
if(!hm.containsKey(cvrtar[i])){
hm.put(cvrtar[i],1);
}
else{
hm.put(cvrtar[i],hm.get(cvrtar[i])+1);
}
}
for(String ele:hm.keySet()){
if(hm.get(ele)>1){
hm.remove(ele);
}
}
for(String key:hm.keySet()){
System.out.print(key);
}
}
}

Though to approach a solution I would suggest you to try and use a better data structure and not just string. Yet, you can simply modify your logic to delete already existing duplicates using an else as follows :
public static void uniqueCharacters(String test) {
String temp = "";
for (int i = 0; i < test.length(); i++) {
char ch = test.charAt(i);
if (temp.indexOf(ch) == -1) {
temp = temp + ch;
} else {
temp.replace(String.valueOf(ch),""); // added this to your existing code
}
}
System.out.println(temp + " ");
}

This is an interview question. Find Out all the unique characters of a string.
Here is the complete solution. The code itself is self explanatory.
public class Test12 {
public static void main(String[] args) {
String a = "ProtijayiGiniGina";
allunique(a);
}
private static void allunique(String a) {
int[] count = new int[256];// taking count of characters
for (int i = 0; i < a.length(); i++) {
char ch = a.charAt(i);
count[ch]++;
}
for (int i = 0; i < a.length(); i++) {
char chh = a.charAt(i);
// character which has arrived only one time in the string will be printed out
if (count[chh] == 1) {
System.out.println("index => " + i + " and unique character => " + a.charAt(i));
}
}
}// unique
}
In Python :
def firstUniqChar(a):
count = [0] *256
for i in a: count[ord(i)] += 1
element = ""
for item in a:
if (count[ord(item)] == 1):
element = item;
break;
return element
a = "GiniGinaProtijayi";
print(firstUniqChar(a)) # output is P

public static String input = "10 5 5 10 6 6 2 3 1 3 4 5 3";
public static void uniqueValue (String numbers) {
String [] str = input.split(" ");
Set <String> unique = new HashSet <String> (Arrays.asList(str));
System.out.println(unique);
for (String value:unique) {
int count = 0;
for ( int i= 0; i<str.length; i++) {
if (value.equals(str[i])) {
count++;
}
}
System.out.println(value+"\t"+count);
}
}
public static void main(String [] args) {
uniqueValue(input);
}

Step1: To find the unique characters in a string, I have first taken the string from user.
Step2: Converted the input string to charArray using built in function in java.
Step3: Considered two HashSet (set1 for storing all characters even if it is getting repeated, set2 for storing only unique characters.
Step4 : Run for loop over the array and check that if particular character is not there in set1 then add it to both set1 and set2. if that particular character is already there in set1 then add it to set1 again but remove it from set2.( This else part is useful when particular character is getting repeated odd number of times).
Step5 : Now set2 will have only unique characters. Hence, just print that set2.
public static void main(String[] args)
{
Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
String str = input.next();
char arr[] = str.toCharArray();
HashSet<Character> set1=new HashSet<Character>();
HashSet<Character> set2=new HashSet<Character>();
for(char i:arr)
{
if(set1.contains(i))
{
set1.add(i);
set2.remove(i);
}
else
{
set1.add(i);
set2.add(i);
}
}
System.out.println(set2);
}

I would store all the characters of the string in an array that you will loop through to check if the current characters appears there more than once. If it doesn't, then add it to temp.
public static void uniqueCharacters(String test) {
String temp = "";
char[] array = test.toCharArray();
int count; //keep track of how many times the character exists in the string
outerloop: for (int i = 0; i < test.length(); i++) {
count = 0; //reset the count for every new letter
for(int j = 0; j < array.length; j++) {
if(test.charAt(i) == array[j])
count++;
if(count == 2){
count = 0;
continue outerloop; //move on to the next letter in the string; this will skip the next two lines below
}
}
temp += test.charAt(i);
System.out.println("Adding.");
}
System.out.println(temp);
}
I have added comments for some more detail.

import java.util.*;
import java.lang.*;
class Demo
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
Scanner sc=new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.println("Enter String");
String s1=sc.nextLine();
try{
HashSet<Object> h=new HashSet<Object>();
for(int i=0;i<s1.length();i++)
{
h.add(s1.charAt(i));
}
Iterator<Object> itr=h.iterator();
while(itr.hasNext()){
System.out.println(itr.next());
}
}
catch(Exception e)
{
System.out.println("error");
}
}
}

If you don't want to use additional space:
String abc="developer";
System.out.println("The unique characters are-");
for(int i=0;i<abc.length();i++)
{
for(int j=i+1;j<abc.length();j++)
{
if(abc.charAt(i)==abc.charAt(j))
abc=abc.replace(String.valueOf(abc.charAt(j))," ");
}
}
System.out.println(abc);
Time complexity O(n^2) and no space.

This String algorithm is used to print unique characters in a string.It runs in O(n) runtime where n is the length of the string.It supports ASCII characters only.
static String printUniqChar(String s) {
StringBuilder buildUniq = new StringBuilder();
boolean[] uniqCheck = new boolean[128];
for (int i = 0; i < s.length(); i++) {
if (!uniqCheck[s.charAt(i)]) {
uniqCheck[s.charAt(i)] = true;
if (uniqCheck[s.charAt(i)])
buildUniq.append(s.charAt(i));
}
}

public class UniqueCharactersInString {
public static void main(String []args){
String input = "aabbcc";
String output = uniqueString(input);
System.out.println(output);
}
public static String uniqueString(String s){
HashSet<Character> uniques = new HashSet<>();
uniques.add(s.charAt(0));
String out = "";
out += s.charAt(0);
for(int i =1; i < s.length(); i++){
if(!uniques.contains(s.charAt(i))){
uniques.add(s.charAt(i));
out += s.charAt(i);
}
}
return out;
}
}
What would be the inneficiencies of this answer? How does it compare to other answers?

Based on your desired output you can replace each character already present with a blank character.
public static void uniqueCharacters(String test){
String temp = "";
for(int i = 0; i < test.length(); i++){
if (temp.indexOf(test.charAt(i)) == - 1){
temp = temp + test.charAt(i);
} else {
temp.replace(String.valueOf(temp.charAt(i)), "");
}
}
System.out.println(temp + " ");
}

public void uniq(String inputString) {
String result = "";
int inputStringLen = inputStr.length();
int[] repeatedCharacters = new int[inputStringLen];
char inputTmpChar;
char tmpChar;
for (int i = 0; i < inputStringLen; i++) {
inputTmpChar = inputStr.charAt(i);
for (int j = 0; j < inputStringLen; j++) {
tmpChar = inputStr.charAt(j);
if (inputTmpChar == tmpChar)
repeatedCharacters[i]++;
}
}
for (int k = 0; k < inputStringLen; k++) {
inputTmpChar = inputStr.charAt(k);
if (repeatedCharacters[k] == 1)
result = result + inputTmpChar + " ";
}
System.out.println ("Unique characters: " + result);
}
In first for loop I count the number of times the character repeats in the string. In the second line I am looking for characters repetitive once.

how about this :)
for (int i=0; i< input.length();i++)
if(input.indexOf(input.charAt(i)) == input.lastIndexOf(input.charAt(i)))
System.out.println(input.charAt(i) + " is unique");

package extra;
public class TempClass {
public static void main(String[] args) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
String abcString="hsfj'pwue2hsu38bf74sa';fwe'rwe34hrfafnosdfoasq7433qweid";
char[] myCharArray=abcString.toCharArray();
TempClass mClass=new TempClass();
mClass.countUnique(myCharArray);
mClass.countEach(myCharArray);
}
/**
* This is the program to find unique characters in array.
* #add This is nice.
* */
public void countUnique(char[] myCharArray) {
int arrayLength=myCharArray.length;
System.out.println("Array Length is: "+arrayLength);
char[] uniqueValues=new char[myCharArray.length];
int uniqueValueIndex=0;
int count=0;
for(int i=0;i<arrayLength;i++) {
for(int j=0;j<arrayLength;j++) {
if (myCharArray[i]==myCharArray[j] && i!=j) {
count=count+1;
}
}
if (count==0) {
uniqueValues[uniqueValueIndex]=myCharArray[i];
uniqueValueIndex=uniqueValueIndex+1;
count=0;
}
count=0;
}
for(char a:uniqueValues) {
System.out.println(a);
}
}
/**
* This is the program to find count each characters in array.
* #add This is nice.
* */
public void countEach(char[] myCharArray) {
}
}

Here str will be your string to find the unique characters.
function getUniqueChars(str){
let uniqueChars = '';
for(let i = 0; i< str.length; i++){
for(let j= 0; j< str.length; j++) {
if(str.indexOf(str[i]) === str.lastIndexOf(str[j])) {
uniqueChars += str[i];
}
}
}
return uniqueChars;
}

public static void main(String[] args) {
String s = "aaabcdd";
char a[] = s.toCharArray();
List duplicates = new ArrayList();
List uniqueElements = new ArrayList();
for (int i = 0; i < a.length; i++) {
uniqueElements.add(a[i]);
for (int j = i + 1; j < a.length; j++) {
if (a[i] == a[j]) {
duplicates.add(a[i]);
break;
}
}
}
uniqueElements.removeAll(duplicates);
System.out.println(uniqueElements);
System.out.println("First Unique : "+uniqueElements.get(0));
}
Output :
[b, c]
First Unique : b

import java.util.*;
public class Sameness{
public static void main (String[]args){
Scanner kb = new Scanner (System.in);
String word = "";
System.out.println("Enter a word: ");
word = kb.nextLine();
uniqueCharacters(word);
}
public static void uniqueCharacters(String test){
for(int i=0;i<test.length();i++){
if(test.lastIndexOf(test.charAt(i))!=i)
test=test.replaceAll(String.valueOf(test.charAt(i)),"");
}
System.out.println(test);
}
}

public class Program02
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
String inputString = "abhilasha";
for (int i = 0; i < inputString.length(); i++)
{
for (int j = i + 1; j < inputString.length(); j++)
{
if(inputString.toCharArray()[i] == inputString.toCharArray()[j])
{
inputString = inputString.replace(String.valueOf(inputString.charAt(j)), "");
}
}
}
System.out.println(inputString);
}
}

Java Compress no return?

what my code is supposed to be doing is converting input strings and outputing the compressed versions
Ex. Input: "qqqwww" Output: "3q3w".
But my code returns nothing.
P.S. IO is just an input system.
public class Compress {
public static String compress(String original){
String s = "";
char s1 = original.charAt(0);
int count = 1;
for(int i = 0; i < original.length(); i++){
char c = original.charAt(i);
if(c == s1){
count++;
}
else{
s = s + count + s1; //i think the problem is here right???
count = 1;
}
s1 = c;
}
return s;
}
public static void main(String[] args){
String s = IO.readString();
String y = compress(s);
System.out.println(y);
}
}

Your could should look like this :
String returnString="";
for (int index = 0; index < original.length();) {
char currentChar = original.charAt(index);
int counter=1;
while(++index < original.length() && currentChar==original.charAt(index)) {
counter++;
}
returnString=returnString+counter+currentChar;
}
return returnString;
}
Here we loop thought the string (outer for loop) and check if the adjacent values are same the we keep adding them. (inner while loop)

How to return longest sequence of chars in a string in java?

Following is what I end up doing but i did not find right answer.
Example - If I have the sequence "hellloo" the output will be "lll". Please tell me what is wrong?
public class LongestSequenceOfChar {
static String testcase1="hellloo";
public static void main(String[] args) {
LongestSequenceOfChar test = new LongestSequenceOfChar();
String result = test.longestSequenceOfChar(testcase1);
System.out.println(result);
}
public String longestSequenceOfChar(String str){
String result="";
for(int i=0;i<str.length();i++){
char ch=str.charAt(i);
for(int j=i+1;j<str.length();j++){
char ch1=str.charAt(j);
if(ch!=ch1){
continue;
}
result+=ch;
}
}
return result;
}
}

You should have a counter that counts the number of the longest sequence for now. When you find a longer sequence, you should reset result and update the counter accordingly.
However, you can have better solutions:
Have an array of size 26 (the size of the English alphabet). Now you iterate on the String and for each char in it you add 1 in the corresponding cell in the helper array.
Use a HashMap that has the char as a key and the number it appears as the value. If it's a new char you simply put it with 0 value, if it exists, you increment the existing value.
Tip: Use a debugger, it can save your life.

1. Create a HashMap<Character,Integer>.. Integer-->count
2. Start from the beginning of your String.. For each character, check if it is already present in the hashmap
a. If Yes, just increment the count
b. if No, then add the character as key to the Map and set its count value to 1.

If there are three 'l' you only add two and in the next step are two 'l' and you add one of them. Then the same with the two 'o' where you are adding one. You only have to clear the result string when you step to the next letter and before save the result in another variable, but only if its is longer!
public String longestSequenceOfChar(String str){
String interimresult="";
String result=""; //final result
for(int i=0;i<str.length();i++){
char ch=str.charAt(i);
interimresult += ch; //add the letter once
for(int j=i+1;j<str.length();j++){
char ch1=str.charAt(j);
if(ch!=ch1){
break;
}
interimresult +=ch;
}
if(interimresult.length()>result.length())//store the result if it is longer
result = interimresult;
interimresult = ""; //clear to continue with the next letter
}
return result;
}

Here is a solution:
public String longestSequenceOfChar(String str) {
String result = "";
for (int i = 0; i < str.length(); i++) {
int j = i;
while(j < str.length() && str.charAt(j) == str.charAt(i)) {
j++;
}
// If this one is longer than previous, then asign it to result.
if(j - i > result.length()) {
result = str.substring(i, j);
}
}
return result;
}

This can be solved easily using HashMap. Checkout this sample code:
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Map.Entry;
public class MaximumOccuringCharUsingHashMap {
public static void main(String[] args) {
String test = "test samples";
MaximumOccuringCharUsingHashMap mc =
new MaximumOccuringCharUsingHashMap();
System.out.println( mc.findMaximunOccurenceCharacter(test));
}
char findMaximunOccurenceCharacter(String input){
Map<Character, Integer> countHash =
new HashMap<Character, Integer>();
for(int i=0; i<input.length() ;i++ ){
char currentChar = input.charAt(i);
if(countHash.get(currentChar)==null){
countHash.put(currentChar, 1);
}else{
countHash.
put(currentChar, countHash.get(currentChar)+1);
}
}
int max = Collections.max(countHash.values());
char maxCharacter =0;
for(Entry<Character, Integer> entry :countHash.entrySet()){
if(entry.getValue() == max){
maxCharacter = entry.getKey();
}
}
return maxCharacter;
}
}
Above code will print s as output, which is occurring maximum number of times in the given String.

Try This...
public class HelloWorld {
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println(maxLen(null));
System.out.println(maxLen(""));
System.out.println(maxLen("a"));
System.out.println(maxLen("aa"));
System.out.println(maxLen("abcddd"));
System.out.println(maxLen("abcd"));
System.out.println(maxLen("aabbba"));
}
public static String maxLen(String input) {
// Avoid NPEs
if (input == null) {
return null;
}
int maxLen = 0;
int tempLen = 0;
char prevChar = 0;
char c = 0;
char repeatChar = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < input.length(); i++) {
c = input.charAt(i);
if (c == prevChar) {
tempLen++;
if (tempLen > maxLen)
repeatChar = c;
} else {
maxLen = (tempLen > maxLen) ? tempLen : maxLen;
prevChar = c;
tempLen = 1;
}
}
maxLen = (tempLen > maxLen) ? tempLen : maxLen;
if (maxLen == 0 || maxLen == 1)
return "no sequence found";
else {
String str = "";
for (int i = 1; i <= maxLen; i++)
str += String.valueOf(repeatChar);
return str;
}
}
}
This will pass all test cases.

How to Find the Longest Palindrome (java)

Hi I've been doing this java program, i should input a string and output the longest palindrome that can be found ..
but my program only output the first letter of the longest palindrome .. i badly need your help .. thanks!
SHOULD BE:
INPUT : abcdcbbcdeedcba
OUTPUT : bcdeedcb
There are two palindrome strings : bcdcb and bcdeedcb
BUT WHEN I INPUT : abcdcbbcdeedcba
output : b
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
public class Palindrome5
{ public static void main(String args[])
{ String word = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, "Input String : ", "INPUT", JOptionPane.QUESTION_MESSAGE);
String subword = "";
String revword = "";
String Out = "";
int size = word.length();
boolean c;
for(int x=0; x<size; x++)
{ for(int y=x+1; y<size-x; y++)
{ subword = word.substring(x,y);
c = comparisonOfreverseword(subword);
if(c==true)
{
Out = GetLongest(subword);
}
}
}
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Longest Palindrome : " + Out, "OUTPUT", JOptionPane.PLAIN_MESSAGE);
}
public static boolean comparisonOfreverseword(String a)
{ String rev = "";
int tempo = a.length();
boolean z=false;
for(int i = tempo-1; i>=0; i--)
{
char let = a.charAt(i);
rev = rev + let;
}
if(a.equalsIgnoreCase(rev))
{
z=true;
}
return(z);
}
public static String GetLongest(String sWord)
{
int sLength = sWord.length();
String Lpalindrome = "";
int storage = 0;
if(storage<sLength)
{
storage = sLength;
Lpalindrome = sWord;
}
return(Lpalindrome);
}
}

modified program..this program will give the correct output
package pract1;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
public class Palindrome5
{
public static void main(String args[])
{
String word = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, "Input String : ", "INPUT", JOptionPane.QUESTION_MESSAGE);
String subword = "";
String revword = "";
String Out = "";
int size = word.length();
boolean c;
String Lpalindrome = "";
int storage=0;
String out="";
for(int x=0; x<size; x++)
{ for(int y=x+1; y<=size; y++)
{ subword = word.substring(x,y);
c = comparisonOfreverseword(subword);
if(c==true)
{
int sLength = subword.length();
if(storage<sLength)
{
storage = sLength;
Lpalindrome = subword;
out=Lpalindrome;
}
}
}
}
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Longest Palindrome : " + out, "OUTPUT", JOptionPane.PLAIN_MESSAGE);
}
public static boolean comparisonOfreverseword(String a)
{ String rev = "";
int tempo = a.length();
boolean z=false;
for(int i = tempo-1; i>=0; i--)
{
char let = a.charAt(i);
rev = rev + let;
}
if(a.equalsIgnoreCase(rev))
{
z=true;
}
return(z);
}
}

You have two bugs:
1.
for(int y=x+1; y<size-x; y++)
should be
for(int y=x+1; y<size; y++)
since you still want to go all the way to the end of the string. With the previous loop, since x increases throughout the loop, your substring sizes decrease throughout the loop (by removing x characters from their end).
2.
You aren't storing the longest string you've found so far or its length. The code
int storage = 0;
if(storage<sLength) {
storage = sLength;
...
is saying 'if the new string is longer than zero characters, then I will assume it is the longest string found so far and return it as LPalindrome'. That's no help, since we may have previously found a longer palindrome.
If it were me, I would make a static variable (e.g. longestSoFar) to hold the longest palindrome found so far (initially empty). With each new palindrome, check if the new one is longer than longestSoFar. If it is longer, assign it to longestSoFar. Then at the end, display longestSoFar.
In general, if you're having trouble 'remembering' something in the program (e.g. previously seen values) you have to consider storing something statically, since local variables are forgotten once their methods finish.

public class LongestPalindrome {
/**
* #param args
*/
public static void main(String[] args) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
String S= "abcdcba";
printLongestPalindrome(S);
}
public static void printLongestPalindrome(String S)
{
int maxBack=-1;
int maxFront = -1;
int maxLength=0;
for (int potentialCenter = 0 ; potentialCenter < S.length();potentialCenter ++ )
{
int back = potentialCenter-1;
int front = potentialCenter + 1;
int longestPalindrome = 0;
while(back >=0 && front<S.length() && S.charAt(back)==S.charAt(front))
{
back--;
front++;
longestPalindrome++;
}
if (longestPalindrome > maxLength)
{
maxLength = longestPalindrome+1;
maxBack = back + 1;
maxFront = front;
}
back = potentialCenter;
front = potentialCenter + 1;
longestPalindrome=0;
while(back >=0 && front<S.length() && S.charAt(back)==S.charAt(front))
{
back--;
front++;
longestPalindrome++;
}
if (longestPalindrome > maxLength)
{
maxLength = longestPalindrome;
maxBack = back + 1;
maxFront = front;
}
}
if (maxLength == 0) System.out.println("There is no Palindrome in the given String");
else{
System.out.println("The Longest Palindrome is " + S.substring(maxBack,maxFront) + "of " + maxLength);
}
}
}

I have my own way to get longest palindrome in a random word. check this out
public static void main(String[] args) {
Scanner in = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.println(longestPalSubstr(in.nextLine().toLowerCase()));
}
static String longestPalSubstr(String str) {
char [] input = str.toCharArray();
Set<CharSequence> out = new HashSet<CharSequence>();
int n1 = str.length()-1;
for(int a=0;a<=n1;a++)
{
for(int m=n1;m>a;m--)
{
if(input[a]==input[m])
{
String nw = "",nw2="";
for (int y=a;y<=m;y++)
{
nw=nw+input[y];
}
for (int t=m;t>=a;t--)
{
nw2=nw2+input[t];
}
if(nw2.equals(nw))
{
out.add(nw);
break;
}
}
}
}
int a = out.size();
int maxpos=0;
int max=0;
Object [] s = out.toArray();
for(int q=0;q<a;q++)
{
if(max<s[q].toString().length())
{
max=s[q].toString().length();
maxpos=q;
}
}
String output = "longest palindrome is : "+s[maxpos].toString()+" and the lengths is : "+ max;
return output;
}
this method will return the max length palindrome and the length of it. its a way that i tried and got the answer. and this method will run whether its a odd length or even length.

public class LongestPalindrome {
public static void main(String[] args) {
HashMap<String, Integer> result = findLongestPalindrome("ayrgabcdeedcbaghihg123444456776");
result.forEach((k, v) -> System.out.println("String:" + k + " Value:" + v));
}
private static HashMap<String, Integer> findLongestPalindrome(String str) {
int i = 0;
HashMap<String, Integer> map = new HashMap<String, Integer>();
while (i < str.length()) {
String alpha = String.valueOf(str.charAt(i));
if (str.indexOf(str.charAt(i)) != str.lastIndexOf(str.charAt(i))) {
String pali = str.substring(i, str.lastIndexOf(str.charAt(i)) + 1);
if (isPalindrome(pali)) {
map.put(pali, pali.length());
i = str.lastIndexOf(str.charAt(i));
}
}
i++;
}
return map;
}
public static boolean isPalindrome(String input) {
for (int i = 0; i <= input.length() / 2; i++) {
if (input.charAt(i) != input.charAt(input.length() - 1 - i)) {
return false;
}
}
return true;
}
}
This approach is simple.
Output:
String:abcdeedcba Value:10
String:4444 Value:4
String:6776 Value:4
String:ghihg Value:5

This is my own way to get longest palindrome. this will return the length and the palindrome word
public static void main(String[] args) {
Scanner in = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.println(longestPalSubstr(in.nextLine().toLowerCase()));
}
static String longestPalSubstr(String str) {
char [] input = str.toCharArray();
Set<CharSequence> out = new HashSet<CharSequence>();
int n1 = str.length()-1;
for(int a=0;a<=n1;a++)
{
for(int m=n1;m>a;m--)
{
if(input[a]==input[m])
{
String nw = "",nw2="";
for (int y=a;y<=m;y++)
{
nw=nw+input[y];
}
for (int t=m;t>=a;t--)
{
nw2=nw2+input[t];
}
if(nw2.equals(nw))
{
out.add(nw);
break;
}
}
}
}
int a = out.size();
int maxpos=0;
int max=0;
Object [] s = out.toArray();
for(int q=0;q<a;q++)
{
if(max<s[q].toString().length())
{
max=s[q].toString().length();
maxpos=q;
}
}
String output = "longest palindrome is : "+s[maxpos].toString()+" and the lengths is : "+ max;
return output;
}
this method will return the max length palindrome and the length of it. its a way that i tried and got the answer. and this method will run whether its a odd length or even length.

Java compressing Strings

I need to create a method that receives a String and also returns a String.
Ex input: AAABBBBCC
Ex output: 3A4B2C
Well, this is quite embarrassing and I couldn't manage to do it on the interview that I had today ( I was applying for a Junior position ), now, trying at home I made something that works statically, I mean, not using a loop which is kind of useless but I don't know if I'm not getting enough hours of sleep or something but I can't figure it out how my for loop should look like. This is the code:
public static String Comprimir(String texto){
StringBuilder objString = new StringBuilder();
int count;
char match;
count = texto.substring(texto.indexOf(texto.charAt(1)), texto.lastIndexOf(texto.charAt(1))).length()+1;
match = texto.charAt(1);
objString.append(count);
objString.append(match);
return objString.toString();
}
Thanks for your help, I'm trying to improve my logic skills.

Loop through the string remembering what you last saw. Every time you see the same letter count. When you see a new letter put what you have counted onto the output and set the new letter as what you have last seen.
String input = "AAABBBBCC";
int count = 1;
char last = input.charAt(0);
StringBuilder output = new StringBuilder();
for(int i = 1; i < input.length(); i++){
if(input.charAt(i) == last){
count++;
}else{
if(count > 1){
output.append(""+count+last);
}else{
output.append(last);
}
count = 1;
last = input.charAt(i);
}
}
if(count > 1){
output.append(""+count+last);
}else{
output.append(last);
}
System.out.println(output.toString());

You can do that using the following steps:
Create a HashMap
For every character, Get the value from the hashmap
-If the value is null, enter 1
-else, replace the value with (value+1)
Iterate over the HashMap and keep concatenating (Value+Key)

use StringBuilder (you did that)
define two variables - previousChar and counter
loop from 0 to str.length() - 1
each time get str.charat(i) and compare it to what's stored in the previousChar variable
if the previous char is the same, increment a counter
if the previous char is not the same, and counter is 1, increment counter
if the previous char is not the same, and counter is >1, append counter + currentChar, reset counter
after the comparison, assign the current char previousChar
cover corner cases like "first char"
Something like that.

The easiest approach:- Time Complexity - O(n)
public static void main(String[] args) {
String str = "AAABBBBCC"; //input String
int length = str.length(); //length of a String
//Created an object of a StringBuilder class
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
int count=1; //counter for counting number of occurances
for(int i=0; i<length; i++){
//if i reaches at the end then append all and break the loop
if(i==length-1){
sb.append(str.charAt(i)+""+count);
break;
}
//if two successive chars are equal then increase the counter
if(str.charAt(i)==str.charAt(i+1)){
count++;
}
else{
//else append character with its count
sb.append(str.charAt(i)+""+count);
count=1; //reseting the counter to 1
}
}
//String representation of a StringBuilder object
System.out.println(sb.toString());
}

In the count=... line, lastIndexOf will not care about consecutive values, and will just give the last occurence.
For instance, in the string "ABBA", the substring would be the whole string.
Also, taking the length of the substring is equivalent to subtracting the two indexes.
I really think that you need a loop.
Here is an example :
public static String compress(String text) {
String result = "";
int index = 0;
while (index < text.length()) {
char c = text.charAt(index);
int count = count(text, index);
if (count == 1)
result += "" + c;
else
result += "" + count + c;
index += count;
}
return result;
}
public static int count(String text, int index) {
char c = text.charAt(index);
int i = 1;
while (index + i < text.length() && text.charAt(index + i) == c)
i++;
return i;
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
String test = "AAABBCCC";
System.out.println(compress(test));
}

Please try this one. This may help to print the count of characters which we pass on string format through console.
import java.util.*;
public class CountCharacterArray {
private static Scanner inp;
public static void main(String args[]) {
inp = new Scanner(System.in);
String str=inp.nextLine();
List<Character> arrlist = new ArrayList<Character>();
for(int i=0; i<str.length();i++){
arrlist.add(str.charAt(i));
}
for(int i=0; i<str.length();i++){
int freq = Collections.frequency(arrlist, str.charAt(i));
System.out.println("Frequency of "+ str.charAt(i)+ " is: "+freq);
}
}
}

Java's not my main language, hardly ever use it, but I wanted to give it a shot :]
Not even sure if your assignment requires a loop, but here's a regexp approach:
public static String compress_string(String inp) {
String compressed = "";
Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile("([\\w])\\1*");
Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(inp);
while(matcher.find()) {
String group = matcher.group();
if (group.length() > 1) compressed += group.length() + "";
compressed += group.charAt(0);
}
return compressed;
}

This is just one more way of doing it.
public static String compressor(String raw) {
StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
int counter = 0;
int length = raw.length();
int j = 0;
while (counter < length) {
j = 0;
while (counter + j < length && raw.charAt(counter + j) == raw.charAt(counter)) {
j++;
}
if (j > 1) {
builder.append(j);
}
builder.append(raw.charAt(counter));
counter += j;
}
return builder.toString();
}

The following can be used if you are looking for a basic solution. Iterate through the string with one element and after finding all the element occurrences, remove that character. So that it will not interfere in the next search.
public static void main(String[] args) {
String string = "aaabbbbbaccc";
int counter;
String result="";
int i=0;
while (i<string.length()){
counter=1;
for (int j=i+1;j<string.length();j++){
System.out.println("string length ="+string.length());
if (string.charAt(i) == string.charAt(j)){
counter++;
}
}
result = result+string.charAt(i)+counter;
string = string.replaceAll(String.valueOf(string.charAt(i)), "");
}
System.out.println("result is = "+result);
}
And the output will be :=
result is = a4b5c3

private String Comprimir(String input){
String output="";
Map<Character,Integer> map=new HashMap<Character,Integer>();
for(int i=0;i<input.length();i++){
Character character=input.charAt(i);
if(map.containsKey(character)){
map.put(character, map.get(character)+1);
}else
map.put(character, 1);
}
for (Entry<Character, Integer> entry : map.entrySet()) {
output+=entry.getValue()+""+entry.getKey().charValue();
}
return output;
}
One other simple way using Multiset of guava-
import java.util.Arrays;
import com.google.common.collect.HashMultiset;
import com.google.common.collect.Multiset;
import com.google.common.collect.Multiset.Entry;
public class WordSpit {
public static void main(String[] args) {
String output="";
Multiset<String> wordsMultiset = HashMultiset.create();
String[] words="AAABBBBCC".split("");
wordsMultiset.addAll(Arrays.asList(words));
for (Entry<String> string : wordsMultiset.entrySet()) {
if(!string.getElement().isEmpty())
output+=string.getCount()+""+string.getElement();
}
System.out.println(output);
}
}

consider the below Solution in which the String s1 identifies the unique characters that are available in a given String s (for loop 1), in the second for loop build a string s2 that contains unique character and no of times it is repeated by comparing string s1 with s.
public static void main(String[] args)
{
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
String s = "aaaabbccccdddeee";//given string
String s1 = ""; // string to identify how many unique letters are available in a string
String s2=""; //decompressed string will be appended to this string
int count=0;
for(int i=0;i<s.length();i++) {
if(s1.indexOf(s.charAt(i))<0) {
s1 = s1+s.charAt(i);
}
}
for(int i=0;i<s1.length();i++) {
for(int j=0;j<s.length();j++) {
if(s1.charAt(i)==s.charAt(j)) {
count++;
}
}
s2=s2+s1.charAt(i)+count;
count=0;
}
System.out.println(s2);
}

It may help you.
public class StringCompresser
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
System.out.println(compress("AAABBBBCC"));
System.out.println(compress("AAABC"));
System.out.println(compress("A"));
System.out.println(compress("ABBDCC"));
System.out.println(compress("AZXYC"));
}
static String compress(String str)
{
StringBuilder stringBuilder = new StringBuilder();
char[] charArray = str.toCharArray();
int count = 1;
char lastChar = 0;
char nextChar = 0;
lastChar = charArray[0];
for (int i = 1; i < charArray.length; i++)
{
nextChar = charArray[i];
if (lastChar == nextChar)
{
count++;
}
else
{
stringBuilder.append(count).append(lastChar);
count = 1;
lastChar = nextChar;
}
}
stringBuilder.append(count).append(lastChar);
String compressed = stringBuilder.toString();
return compressed;
}
}
Output:
3A4B2C
3A1B1C
1A
1A2B1D2C
1A1Z1X1Y1C

The answers which used Map will not work for cases like aabbbccddabc as in that case the output should be a2b3c2d2a1b1c1.
In that case this implementation can be used :
private String compressString(String input) {
String output = "";
char[] arr = input.toCharArray();
Map<Character, Integer> myMap = new LinkedHashMap<>();
for (int i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
if (i > 0 && arr[i] != arr[i - 1]) {
output = output + arr[i - 1] + myMap.get(arr[i - 1]);
myMap.put(arr[i - 1], 0);
}
if (myMap.containsKey(arr[i])) {
myMap.put(arr[i], myMap.get(arr[i]) + 1);
} else {
myMap.put(arr[i], 1);
}
}
for (Character c : myMap.keySet()) {
if (myMap.get(c) != 0) {
output = output + c + myMap.get(c);
}
}
return output;
}

O(n) approach
No need for hashing. The idea is to find the first Non-matching character.
The count of each character would be the difference in the indices of both characters.
for a detailed answer: https://stackoverflow.com/a/55898810/7972621
The only catch is that we need to add a dummy letter so that the comparison for
the last character is possible.
private static String compress(String s){
StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder();
int j = 0;
s = s + '#';
for(int i=1; i < s.length(); i++){
if(s.charAt(i) != s.charAt(j)){
result.append(i-j);
result.append(s.charAt(j));
j = i;
}
}
return result.toString();
}

The code below will ask the user for user to input a specific character to count the occurrence .
import java.util.Scanner;
class CountingOccurences {
public static void main(String[] args) {
Scanner inp = new Scanner(System.in);
String str;
char ch;
int count=0;
System.out.println("Enter the string:");
str=inp.nextLine();
System.out.println("Enter th Char to see the occurence\n");
ch=inp.next().charAt(0);
for(int i=0;i<str.length();i++)
{
if(str.charAt(i)==ch)
{
count++;
}
}
System.out.println("The Character is Occuring");
System.out.println(count+"Times");
}
}

public static char[] compressionTester( char[] s){
if(s == null){
throw new IllegalArgumentException();
}
HashMap<Character, Integer> map = new HashMap<>();
for (int i = 0 ; i < s.length ; i++) {
if(!map.containsKey(s[i])){
map.put(s[i], 1);
}
else{
int value = map.get(s[i]);
value++;
map.put(s[i],value);
}
}
String newer="";
for( Character n : map.keySet()){
newer = newer + n + map.get(n);
}
char[] n = newer.toCharArray();
if(s.length > n.length){
return n;
}
else{
return s;
}
}

package com.tell.datetime;
import java.util.Stack;
public class StringCompression {
public static void main(String[] args) {
String input = "abbcccdddd";
System.out.println(compressString(input));
}
public static String compressString(String input) {
if (input == null || input.length() == 0)
return input;
String finalCompressedString = "";
String lastElement="";
char[] charArray = input.toCharArray();
Stack stack = new Stack();
int elementCount = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < charArray.length; i++) {
char currentElement = charArray[i];
if (i == 0) {
stack.push((currentElement+""));
continue;
} else {
if ((currentElement+"").equalsIgnoreCase((String)stack.peek())) {
stack.push(currentElement + "");
if(i==charArray.length-1)
{
while (!stack.isEmpty()) {
lastElement = (String)stack.pop();
elementCount++;
}
finalCompressedString += lastElement + "" + elementCount;
}else
continue;
}
else {
while (!stack.isEmpty()) {
lastElement = (String)stack.pop();
elementCount++;
}
finalCompressedString += lastElement + "" + elementCount;
elementCount=0;
stack.push(currentElement+"");
}
}
}
if (finalCompressedString.length() >= input.length())
return input;
else
return finalCompressedString;
}
}

public class StringCompression {
public static void main(String[] args){
String s = "aabcccccaaazdaaa";
char check = s.charAt(0);
int count = 0;
for(int i=0; i<s.length(); i++){
if(s.charAt(i) == check) {
count++;
if(i==s.length()-1){
System.out.print(s.charAt(i));
System.out.print(count);
}
} else {
System.out.print(s.charAt(i-1));
System.out.print(count);
check = s.charAt(i);
count = 1;
if(i==s.length()-1){
System.out.print(s.charAt(i));
System.out.print(count);
}
}
}
}

// O(N) loop through entire character array
// match current char with next one, if they matches count++
// if don't then just append current char and counter value and then reset counter.
// special case is the last characters, for that just check if count value is > 0, if it's then append the counter value and the last char
private String compress(String str) {
char[] c = str.toCharArray();
String newStr = "";
int count = 1;
for (int i = 0; i < c.length - 1; i++) {
int j = i + 1;
if (c[i] == c[j]) {
count++;
} else {
newStr = newStr + c[i] + count;
count = 1;
}
}
// this is for the last strings...
if (count > 0) {
newStr = newStr + c[c.length - 1] + count;
}
return newStr;
}

public class StringCompression {
public static void main(String... args){
String s="aabbcccaa";
//a2b2c3a2
for(int i=0;i<s.length()-1;i++){
int count=1;
while(i<s.length()-1 && s.charAt(i)==s.charAt(i+1)){
count++;
i++;
}
System.out.print(s.charAt(i));
System.out.print(count);
}
System.out.println(" ");
}
}

This is a leet code problem 443. Most of the answers here uses StringBuilder or a HashMap, the actual problem statement is to solve using the input char array and in place array modification.
public int compress(char[] chars) {
int startIndex = 0;
int lastArrayIndex = 0;
if (chars.length == 1) {
return 1;
}
if (chars.length == 0) {
return 0;
}
for (int j = startIndex + 1; j < chars.length; j++) {
if (chars[startIndex] != chars[j]) {
chars[lastArrayIndex] = chars[startIndex];
lastArrayIndex++;
if ((j - startIndex) > 1) {
for (char c : String.valueOf(j - startIndex).toCharArray()) {
chars[lastArrayIndex] = c;
lastArrayIndex++;
}
}
startIndex = j;
}
if (j == chars.length - 1) {
if (j - startIndex >= 1) {
j = chars.length;
chars[lastArrayIndex] = chars[startIndex];
lastArrayIndex++;
for (char c : String.valueOf(j - startIndex).toCharArray()) {
chars[lastArrayIndex] = c;
lastArrayIndex++;
}
} else {
chars[lastArrayIndex] = chars[startIndex];
lastArrayIndex++;
}
}
}
return lastArrayIndex;
}
}