maxchar.c

#include<stdio.h>
#define ASCII_SIZE 256
char getMaxOccuringChar(char* str)
{
    // Create array to keep the count of individual
    // characters and initialize the array as 0
    int count[ASCII_SIZE]={0} ;
 
    // Construct character count array from the input
    // string.
    int len = strlen(str);
    for (int i=0; i<len; i++)
        count[str[i]]++;
 
    int max = -1;  // Initialize max count
    char result;   // Initialize result
 
    // Traversing through the string and maintaining
    // the count of each character
    for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
        if (max < count[str[i]]) {
            max = count[str[i]];
            result = str[i];
        }
    }
 
    return result;
}
 
// Driver program to test the above function
int main()
{
    char str[] = "akash";
    printf("Max occurring character is\n ");
       char p= getMaxOccuringChar(str);
printf("%c",p);
return 0;
}