// Write a Java program to find the maximum occurring character in a string.

public class OccuringCharacters {
    public static void main(String[] args) {  
        String str = "grass is greener on the other side"; 
        System.out.println("The string is: " + str);
        int[] freq = new int[str.length()];  
        char minChar = str.charAt(0), maxChar = str.charAt(0);  
        int i, j, min, max;          

        //Converts given string into character array  
        char string[] = str.toCharArray();  

        //Count each word in given string and store in array freq  
        for(i = 0; i < string.length; i++) {  
            freq[i] = 1;  
            for(j = i+1; j < string.length; j++) {  
                if(string[i] == string[j] && string[i] != ' ' && string[i] != '0') {  
                    freq[i]++;  

                    //Set string[j] to 0 to avoid printing visited character  
                    string[j] = '0';  
                }  
            }  
        }  

        //Determine minimum and maximum occurring characters  
        min = max = freq[0];  
        for(i = 0; i <freq.length; i++) {  

            //If min is greater than frequency of a character   
            //then, store frequency in min and corresponding character in minChar  
            if(min > freq[i] && freq[i] != '0') {  
                min = freq[i];  
                minChar = string[i];  
            }  
            //If max is less than frequency of a character   
            //then, store frequency in max and corresponding character in maxChar  
            if(max < freq[i]) {  
                max = freq[i];  
                maxChar = string[i];  
            }  
        }  

        System.out.println("Minimum occurring character: " + minChar);  
        System.out.println("Maximum occurring character: " + maxChar);  
    }  
}