Find the Biggest number in HashSet/HashMap java

Question

I would like to find the biggest number in HashSet and HashMap. Say I have the number [22,6763,32,42,33] in my HashSet and I want to find the largest number in my current Ha

Answer 1

Here is a simple method which does what you are asking:

  public String getMapKeyWithHighestValue(HashMap map) {
    String keyWithHighestVal = "";

    // getting the maximum value in the Hashmap
    int maxValueInMap = (Collections.max(map.values()));

    //iterate through the map to get the key that corresponds to the maximum value in the Hashmap
    for (Map.Entry entry : map.entrySet()) {  // Iterate through hashmap
        if (entry.getValue() == maxValueInMap) {

            keyWithHighestVal = entry.getKey();     // this is the key which has the max value
        }

    }
    return keyWithHighestVal;
}