A string to be valid if all characters of the string appear the same number of times
Input : aabbcc
Output: valid
Code
package wordpress; import java.util.LinkedHashMap; import java.util.Locale; public class ValidString { public static String validateTheInputString(String input) { input = input.toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT); LinkedHashMap<Character, Integer> hashMap = new LinkedHashMap<>(); for (Character c : input.toCharArray()) { if (hashMap.containsKey(c)) { int count = hashMap.get(c); hashMap.put(c, ++count); } else { hashMap.put(c, 1); } } Integer initialValue = hashMap.get(input.toCharArray()[0]); for (Integer value : hashMap.values()) { if (value != initialValue) { return "Invalid"; } } return "valid"; } public static void main(String[] args) { System.out.println(validateTheInputString("aabbcc")); // valid System.out.println(validateTheInputString("abcd")); // valid System.out.println(validateTheInputString("a")); // valid System.out.println(validateTheInputString("aab")); // invalid System.out.println(validateTheInputString("aA")); // valid } }