Function Kata “Count Characters”
Write a function to count the number of occurrences of characters in a string. The input to the function is a string, its output a Dictionary (map) of char/int pairs.
IDictionary<char, int> CountCharacters(string input)
Processing the string “HelLo wOrld” would result in:
H:1, e:1, l:2, L:1, o:1, w:1, O:1, r:1, d:1, _:1
(The character „_“ is representing a space character.)
Variations #1
Handle upper and lower case the same. The string “HelLo wOrld” would then result in:
H:1, e:1, l:3, o:2, w:1, r:1, d:1, _:1
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