Anagram challenge
// helper function that builds the
// object to store the data
const buildCharObject = str => {
const charObj = {}
for(let char of str.replace(/[^\w]/g).toLowerCase()) {
// if the object has already a key value pair
// equal to the value being looped over,
// increase the value by 1, otherwise add
// the letter being looped over as key and 1 as its value
charObj[char] = charObj[char] + 1 || 1
}
return charObj
}
// main function
const anagram = (strA, strB) => {
// build the object that holds strA data
const aCharObject = buildCharObject(strA)
// build the object that holds strB data
const bCharObject = buildCharObject(strB)
// compare number of keys in the two objects
// (anagrams must have the same number of letters)
if(Object.keys(aCharObject).length !== Object.keys(bCharObject).length) {
return false
}
// if both objects have the same number of keys
// we can be sure that at least both strings
// have the same number of characters
// Now we can compare the two objects to see if both
// have the same letters in the same amount
for(let char in aCharObject) {
if(aCharObject[char] !== bCharObject[char]) {
return false
}
}
// if both the above checks succeed,
// you have an anagram: return true
return true
}