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Calculating Most Frequent Number
Can you write a computer code for the following problem:
Given an online stream of infinite numbers, print out the most frequent number.
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Here is a solution in Java:
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
public class MostFrequent {
public static void main(String[] a) {
int mapMax = 99; // Most frequent item that appears at least 1% of the time
int mapSize = 0;
String hiItem = null;
Hashtable<String, Long> countMap = new Hashtable<String, Long>();
try {
BufferedReader input = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(a[0]));
String line = null;
while ( (line = input.readLine()) != null ) {
String item = line.trim();
Long count = countMap.get(item);
long curCount = 1;
if ( count!=null ) {
curCount = count.longValue()+1;
countMap.put(item, curCount);
} else {
if ( mapSize==mapMax ) mapSize = freeMapSpace(countMap, mapSize, mapMax);
countMap.put(item, curCount);
mapSize++;
}
if ( hiItem!=null ) {
Long hiCount = countMap.get(hiItem);
if ( hiCount==null || hiCount.longValue()<curCount ) hiItem = new String(item);
} else {
hiItem = new String(item);
}
System.out.println("Most frequent item: "+hiItem);
}
input.close();
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
public static int freeMapSpace(Hashtable<String, Long> countMap, int mapSize, int mapMax) {
while ( mapSize==mapMax ) {
Enumeration<String> items = countMap.keys();
while(items.hasMoreElements()) {
String item = items.nextElement();
Long count = countMap.get(item);
if ( count.longValue() <= 1 ) {
countMap.remove(item);
mapSize--;
} else {
countMap.put(item, count.longValue()-1);
}
}
}
return mapSize;
}
}
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