Second most repeated word in a sequence

Given a sequence of strings, the task is to find out the second most repeated (or frequent) string in the given sequence.(Considering no two words are the second most repeated, there will be always a single word).

Examples:

Input : {"aaa", "bbb", "ccc", "bbb", 
         "aaa", "aaa"}
Output : bbb

Input : {"geeks", "for", "geeks", "for", 
          "geeks", "aaa"}
Output : for

Asked in : Amazon



  1. Store all the words in a map with their occurrence with word as key and its occurrence as value.
  2. Find the second largest value in the map.
  3. Traverse the map again and return the word with occurrence value equals to second max value.

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// C++ program to find out the second
// most repeated word
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
  
// Function to find the word
string secMostRepeated(vector<string> seq)
{
  
    // Store all the words with its occurrence
    unordered_map<string, int> occ;
    for (int i = 0; i < seq.size(); i++)
        occ[seq[i]]++;
  
    // find the second largest occurrence
    int first_max = INT_MIN, sec_max = INT_MIN;
    for (auto it = occ.begin(); it != occ.end(); it++) {
        if (it->second > first_max) {
            sec_max = first_max;
            first_max = it->second;
        }
  
        else if (it->second > sec_max && 
                 it->second != first_max)
            sec_max = it->second;
    }
  
    // Return string with occurrence equals
    // to sec_max
    for (auto it = occ.begin(); it != occ.end(); it++)
        if (it->second == sec_max)
            return it->first;
}
  
// Driver program
int main()
{
    vector<string> seq = { "ccc", "aaa", "ccc",
                          "ddd", "aaa", "aaa" };
    cout << secMostRepeated(seq);
    return 0;
}

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// Java program to find out the second 


// most repeated word 


  


import java.util.*; 


  


class GFG  


{ 


    // Method to find the word 


    static String secMostRepeated(Vector<String> seq) 


    { 


        // Store all the words with its occurrence 


        HashMap<String, Integer> occ = new HashMap<String,Integer>(seq.size()){ 


            @Override


            public Integer get(Object key) { 


                 return containsKey(key) ? super.get(key) : 0; 


            } 


        }; 


         


        for (int i = 0; i < seq.size(); i++) 


            occ.put(seq.get(i), occ.get(seq.get(i))+1); 


       


        // find the second largest occurrence 


       int first_max = Integer.MIN_VALUE, sec_max = Integer.MIN_VALUE; 


          


       Iterator<Map.Entry<String, Integer>> itr = occ.entrySet().iterator(); 


       while (itr.hasNext())  


       { 


           Map.Entry<String, Integer> entry = itr.next(); 


           int v = entry.getValue(); 


           if( v > first_max) { 


                sec_max = first_max; 


                first_max = v; 


            } 


       


            else if (v > sec_max &&  


                     v != first_max) 


                sec_max = v; 


       } 


         


       // Return string with occurrence equals 


        // to sec_max 


       itr = occ.entrySet().iterator(); 


       while (itr.hasNext())  


       { 


           Map.Entry<String, Integer> entry = itr.next(); 


           int v = entry.getValue(); 


           if (v == sec_max) 


                return entry.getKey(); 


       } 


         


       return null; 


    } 


      


    // Driver method 


    public static void main(String[] args)  


    { 


        String arr[] = { "ccc", "aaa", "ccc", 


                         "ddd", "aaa", "aaa" }; 


        List<String> seq =  Arrays.asList(arr); 


          


        System.out.println(secMostRepeated(new Vector<>(seq))); 


    }    


} 


// This program is contributed by Gaurav Miglani 



















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Output:


ccc



Reference: 

https://www.careercup.com/question?id=5748104113422336


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