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 public static void main(String[] args) {
 
-	char[] array = new char[20];
+	char[] array = new char[20]; // our array
-	Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
+	Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
 
 	for (int i = 0; i < 20; i++)
 	{
-		array[i] = sc.next().charAt(0);
+		array[i] = sc.next().charAt(0); // scanning input from the user
 	}
 
-	System.out.println(mostCommon(array));
+	System.out.println(mostCommon(array)); // printing the most common character
 
 	sc.close();
 
 }
 
-public static char mostCommon(char[] array) {
+// this function gets the array and returns the most common character
-	int max = -1;
+public static char mostCommon(char[] array)
-	int index = -1;
+{
 	int max = -1; // will hold the max number of occurences
 	int index = -1; // will hold the index of the most common character
 
-		int current = countTimes(array, array[i]);
+	// we go through the array and find the number of occurences for each item.
-		if (current >= max)
+	// we compare it to max and update it every time (if needed). also we update the index.
 
-			max = current;
+	for (int i = 0; i < array.length; i++)
-			index = i;
+
 		int current = countTimes(array, array[i]); // this variable holds the no. of occurences for the current item.
 		if (current >= max) // if the current item is more common than the max
 		{
-	return array[index];
+			max = current; // we update the max to be the current value
 			index = i; // and we update the index so we can know where is the most common item.
 		}
-public static int countTimes(char[] array, char c) {
+
-	int count = 0;
+	// by the end of the loop, "index" will hold the index of the most common character. all we need to do is return it.
 	return array[index]; // we return the most common character.
 }
-		if (array[i] == c)
+
-			count++;
+// this function gets an array and a character and returns the number of occurences of the char in the array.
 
 public static int countTimes(char[] array, char c)
-	return count;
+{
 	int count = 0; // counter variable
 	for (int i = 0; i < array.length; i++)
 	{
 		if (array[i] == c) // if the character appears
 			count++; // increment the counter
 	}
 
 	return count; // return the number of times it appears.
 }