first character that repeats itself

Patricia Wambui answered on July 4, 2023 Popularity 1/10 Helpfulness 1/10

answer first character that repeats itself

first character that repeats itself

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def firstRepeating(str):
    n = len(str)
     
    ans = ''
    index = float('inf')
     
    for i in range(n):
        temp = str[i]
        # Checking that character in temp repeats or not by running a for loop
        for j in range(i+1, n):
            if str[j] == temp:
                # if the index where it repeated is less than the index of the previously
                # repeated character then store this character in ans variable
                # and its index where it repeated in index variable
                if j < index:
                    index = j
                    ans = str[j]
     
    return ans
     
# Driver method to test above method
if __name__ == '__main__':
    str = "geeksforgeeks"
    print(firstRepeating(str))

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