Merge pull request #432 from josecarlosweb/feat/Add_MaxCharacter_algoritm

Added max character algorithm

String/MaxCharacter.js

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+/*
+  Given a string of characters, return the character that appears the most often.
+  Example: input = "Hello World!" return "l"
+*/
+const maxCharacter = (value) => {
+  if (typeof value !== 'string') {
+    throw new TypeError('The param should be a string')
+  } else if (!value) {
+    throw new Error('The param should be a valid string')
+  }
+
+  const occurrences = {}
+  for (let i = 0; i < value.length; i++) {
+    const char = value[i]
+    if (/\s/.test(char)) continue
+    occurrences[char] = occurrences[char] + 1 || 1
+  }
+  let maxCharacter = null
+  let maxCount = 0
+  Object.keys(occurrences).forEach(char => {
+    if (occurrences[char] > maxCount) {
+      maxCount = occurrences[char]
+      maxCharacter = char
+    }
+  })
+  return maxCharacter
+}
+
+export { maxCharacter }

String/MaxCharacter.test.js

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+import { maxCharacter } from './MaxCharacter'
+
+describe('Testing the maxCharacter function', () => {
+  it('Expect throw with wrong arg', () => {
+    expect(() => maxCharacter(123)).toThrow()
+  })
+  it('Check the max character in string', () => {
+    const theString = 'I can\'t do that'
+    const maxChar = maxCharacter(theString)
+    expect(maxChar).toBe('t')
+  })
+})