Sort a string according to the frequency of characters

Given a string str, the task is to sort the string according to the frequency of each character, in ascending order. If two elements have the same frequency, then they are sorted in lexicographical order.

Examples:

Input: str = “geeksforgeeks”
Output: forggkksseeee
Explanation:
Frequency of characters: g2 e4 k2 s2 f1 o1 r1
Sorted characters according to frequency: f1 o1 r1 g2 k2 s2 e4
f, o, r occurs one time so they are ordered lexicographically and so are g, k and s.
Hence the final output is forggkksseeee.

Input: str = “abc”
Output: abc

Approach The idea is to store each character with its frequency in a vector of pairs and then sort the vector pairs according to the frequency stored. Finally, print the vector in order.



Below is the implementation of the above approach:

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// C++ implementation to Sort strings
// according to the frequency of
// characters in ascending order
  
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
  
// Returns count of character in the string
int countFrequency(string str, char ch)
{
    int count = 0;
  
    for (int i = 0; i < str.length(); i++)
  
        // Check for vowel
        if (str[i] == ch)
            ++count;
  
    return count;
}
  
// Function to sort the string
// according to the frequency
void sortArr(string str)
{
    int n = str.length();
  
    // Vector to store the frequency of
    // characters with respective character
    vector<pair<int, char> > vp;
  
    // Inserting frequency
    // with respective character
    // in the vector pair
    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
  
        vp.push_back(
            make_pair(
                countFrequency(str, str[i]),
                str[i]));
    }
  
    // Sort the vector, this will sort the pair
    // according to the number of characters
    sort(vp.begin(), vp.end());
  
    // Print the sorted vector content
    for (int i = 0; i < vp.size(); i++)
        cout << vp[i].second;
}
  
// Driver code
int main()
{
    string str = "geeksforgeeks";
  
    sortArr(str);
  
    return 0;
}

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# Python3 implementation to Sort strings  


# according to the frequency of  


# characters in ascending order  


  


# Returns count of character in the string  


def countFrequency(string ,  ch) :  


  


    count = 0;  


  


    for i in range(len(string)) : 


  


        # Check for vowel  


        if (string[i] == ch) :  


            count += 1;  


  


    return count;  


  


# Function to sort the string  


# according to the frequency  


def sortArr(string) :  


    n = len(string);  


  


    # Vector to store the frequency of  


    # characters with respective character  


    vp = [];  


  


    # Inserting frequency  


    # with respective character  


    # in the vector pair  


    for i in range(n) : 


  


        vp.append((countFrequency(string, string[i]), string[i])); 


          


    # Sort the vector, this will sort the pair 


    # according to the number of characters 


    vp.sort(); 


      


    # Print the sorted vector content 


    for i in range(len(vp)) : 


        print(vp[i][1],end="");  


  


# Driver code  


if __name__ == "__main__" : 


  


    string = "geeksforgeeks";  


  


    sortArr(string);  


  


    # This code is contributed by Yash_R 



















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Output:


forggkksseeee







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