Java Anagram: HackerRank Problem Solution in Java

Navnath JadhavNavnath Jadhav
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Anagram:

The dictionary meaning of the word anagram is a word or phrase formed by rearranging the letters.

Two strings are said to be anagrams if they make a meaningful word by rearranging or shuffling the letters of the string. In other words, we can say that two strings are anagrams if they contain the same characters but in different order. Note that a letter has to be used only once.

Problem Statement:

Two strings, a and b, are called anagrams if they contain all the same characters in the same frequencies. For this challenge, the test is not case-sensitive. For example, the anagrams of CAT are CAT, ACT, tac, TCA, aTC, and CtA.

Function Description

Complete the isAnagram function in the editor.

isAnagram has the following parameters:

  • string a: the first string

  • string b: the second string

Returns

  • boolean: If a and b are case-insensitive anagrams, return true. Otherwise, return false.

Input Format

The first line contains a string a.
The second line contains a string b.

Constraints

  • 1<= length(a),length(b) <= 50

  • Strings a and b consist of English alphabetic characters.

  • The comparison should NOT be case sensitive.

Sample Input 0

anagram
margana

Sample Output 0

Anagrams

Explanation 0

CharacterFrequency: anagramFrequency: margana
A or a33
G or g11
N or n11
M or m11
R or r11

The two strings contain all the same letters in the same frequencies, so we print "Anagrams".

Sample Input 1

anagramm
marganaa

Sample Output 1

Not Anagrams

Explanation 1

CharacterFrequency: anagrammFrequency: marganaa
A or a34
G or g11
N or n11
M or m21
R or r11

The two strings don't contain the same number of a's and m's, so we print "Not Anagrams".

Sample Input 2

Hello
hello

Sample Output 2

Anagrams

Explanation 2

CharacterFrequency: HelloFrequency: hello
E or e11
H or h11
L or l22
O or o11

The two strings contain all the same letters in the same frequencies, so we print "Anagrams".

Solution:

Language: Java

import java.util.Scanner;

public class Solution 
{
    static boolean isAnagram(String a, String b) 
  {   
        String A=a.toLowerCase();
        String B=b.toLowerCase();
        if(A.length()!=B.length()) return false;
            for(int i=0;i<A.length();i++)
           {
            int countA=0;
            int countB=0;
            for(int j=0;j<A.length();j++){
                if (A.charAt(i)==A.charAt(j)) countA++;

                if (A.charAt(i)==B.charAt(j)) countB++;
            } 
            if(countA==countB)  continue;
            else  return false;
            }

        return true;
    }
   public static void main(String[] args) 
   {
        Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);
        String a = scan.next();
        String b = scan.next();
        scan.close();
        boolean ret = isAnagram(a, b);
        System.out.println( (ret) ? "Anagrams" : "Not Anagrams" );
    }
}
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