How do you check if two strings are anagrams of each other?

Question

String Coding

Answer 1

A quick python example of the idea already expressed by NotAPythonNinja

def check(word):
return(sorted(word))

print(check('testing') == check('setting'))

Answer 2

Coder Kitten You could skip the frequency check and just do positional comparisons after sorting, then fail upon the first mismatch, otherwise return true after comparing all positions.

Also, a short circuit validation could be to compare the lengths of both strings before sorting and return false if not equal. But, meh... may not be necessary.

Answer 3

NotAPythonNinja LOL... DOH... 🤦‍♂️

Yes... indeed... I completely agree.

After sorting both values, a simple equality check is all that's needed.

Coder Kitten I also agree that the algorithm you presented is consistent with the implementation. 👌

Not that it's an excuse... I was a bit rushed in my original response as I saw the post on my way out the door, then tried to respond in the checkout line at the store. Somewhere in between, I got it in my head that we were working with a traditional array rather than a character array (a.k.a. string). That's what I get for multitasking. 🤣😭😂