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/**
* @function maxCharacter
* @example - Given a string of characters, return the character that appears the most often. Example: input = "Hello World!" return "l"
* @param {string} str
* @param {RegExp} ignorePattern - ignore the char in str that is not required
* @returns {string} - char
*/
const maxCharacter = (str, ignorePattern) => {
// initially it's count only alphabets
if (typeof str !== 'string') {
throw new TypeError('Argument should be a string')
} else if (!str) {
throw new Error('The param should be a nonempty string')
}
// store all char in occurrence map
const occurrenceMap = new Map()
for (const char of str) {
if (!ignorePattern?.test(char)) {
occurrenceMap.set(char, occurrenceMap.get(char) + 1 || 1)
}
}
// find the max char from the occurrence map
let max = { char: '', occur: -Infinity }
for (const [char, occur] of occurrenceMap) {
if (occur > max.occur) {
max = { char, occur }
}
}
return max.char
}
export default maxCharacter
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