451. Sort Characters By Frequency

Given a string, sort it in decreasing order based on the frequency of characters.

Example 1:

Input:
"tree"

Output:
"eert"

Explanation:
'e' appears twice while 'r' and 't' both appear once.
So 'e' must appear before both 'r' and 't'. Therefore "eetr" is also a valid answer.

Example 2:

Input:
"cccaaa"

Output:
"cccaaa"

Explanation:
Both 'c' and 'a' appear three times, so "aaaccc" is also a valid answer.
Note that "cacaca" is incorrect, as the same characters must be together.

Example 3:

Input:
"Aabb"

Output:
"bbAa"

Explanation:
"bbaA" is also a valid answer, but "Aabb" is incorrect.
Note that 'A' and 'a' are treated as two different characters.

class Solution {

    /**
     * @param String $s
     * @return String
     */
    function frequencySort($s) {
        $c = [];
        for($i = 0 ; $i < strlen($s); $i++){
            $char = $s[$i];
            $c[$char] ++;
        }
        
        arsort($c);
        $result = "";
        foreach($c as $k => $v){
            while($v > 0){
                $result .= $k;
                $v --;
            }
        }
        return $result;
    }
}

well, PHP is actually pretty good at this.

Doing same thing in Java is quite annoying (typing speed matters)