First Non Repeating Character in String

#include<iostream>
#include<string>
#include<memory>
#include<climits>
#define NUMBER_OF_CHARS 256
using namespace std;
struct CountIndex
{

 int count;
 int index;
};
char getFirstNonRepeatngCharacter(const string& str)
{
 char ch=' ';
 unique_ptr<CountIndex[]> ci(new CountIndex[256]());
 //Can also use shared_ptr
 //shared_ptr<CountIndex> ci(new CountIndex[256](),std::default_delete<CountIndex[]>());
 for(auto& it:str)
 {
  ci.get()[it].count++;
  if(ci.get()[it].count==1)
   ci.get()[it].index= &it - &str[0];
  else

   ci.get()[it].index= ci.get()[it].index;

 }
 int maxIndex=INT_MAX;

 for(int it=0;it<NUMBER_OF_CHARS;it++)
 {
  if(ci.get()[it].count==1 && ci.get()[it].index <maxIndex)
  {
   maxIndex= ci.get()[it].index;

  }
 }
 return maxIndex!=INT_MAX?str[maxIndex]:' ';
}
int main()
{    
 string str ;
 cin>>str;
 char ch=getFirstNonRepeatngCharacter(str);
 if(ch !=' ')
  cout<<" First Non repeating Character is "<< ch;
 else
  cout<<" No Repeating Character Exist ";


}