Thread: Lowercase letter frequency

Hi guys, I need help with few things in this code.

1.It doesn't show how often symbol appear in array;
2.I'm not sure where to put the if function to check if its a lowercase letter and if its correct;
3.What to write in the printf to show what lowercase letter is most frequent.
Thanks.

Code:

#include <string.h>
#include <stdio.h>
  int main()
{
  int i=0, max=0, freq=0, j;
  char array[]="AbcdFFaaAAchBaaamvxsdfGGbbb";
  char temp_symbol;

    for (i=0;i<=strlen(array);i++)
    {array[i]=temp_symbol;
        for (j=0;j<strlen(array);j++)
         {
           if(array[j]==temp_symbol)
            {
              freq++;
            }
         }
            if (freq> max)
            {max=freq;
            freq=0;}
    }
printf("most frequent lowercase letter is   which repeats %d times", max );
return 0;
}


//  if(str[i] >= 97 && str[i] <= 122)

Code:

            if (freq> max)
            {max=freq;
            freq=0;}

You record the max number of times a char is found, but you don't record the char that most popular.

How about using a char variable for that, and adding a "mostCommonChar = temp_symbol" line of code into the mix, right here?

There is a simpler way of doing all this, but your way is OK -- I like the logic here.