/* * Copyright (c) 1995, 2008, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. * * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions * are met: * * - Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. * * - Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the * documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. * * - Neither the name of Oracle or the names of its * contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived * from this software without specific prior written permission. * * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS * IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, * THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR * PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR * CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, * EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, * PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR * PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING * NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS * SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. */ public class Anagram { /** * Tests whether the passed-in strings are anagrams -- * containing the exact same number of each letter. * Punctuation, case, and order don't matter. * * @return true if the strings are anagrams; otherwise, false */ public static boolean areAnagrams(String string1, String string2) { String workingCopy1 = removeJunk(string1); String workingCopy2 = removeJunk(string2); workingCopy1 = workingCopy1.toLowerCase(); workingCopy2 = workingCopy2.toLowerCase(); workingCopy1 = sort(workingCopy1); workingCopy2 = sort(workingCopy2); return workingCopy1.equals(workingCopy2); } /** * Removes punctuation & spaces -- everything except * letters from the passed-in string. * * @return a stripped copy of the passed-in string */ protected static String removeJunk(String string) { int i, len = string.length(); StringBuilder dest = new StringBuilder(len); char c; for (i = (len - 1); i >= 0; i--) { c = string.charAt(i); if (Character.isLetter(c)) { dest.append(c); } } return dest.toString(); } /** * Sorts the passed-in string. * * @return a sorted copy of the passed-in string */ protected static String sort(String string) { char[] charArray = string.toCharArray(); java.util.Arrays.sort(charArray); return new String(charArray); } public static void main(String[] args) { String string1 = "Cosmo and Laine:"; String string2 = "Maid, clean soon!"; System.out.println(); System.out.println("Testing whether the following " + "strings are anagrams:"); System.out.println(" String 1: " + string1); System.out.println(" String 2: " + string2); System.out.println(); if (areAnagrams(string1, string2)) { System.out.println("They ARE anagrams!"); } else { System.out.println("They are NOT anagrams!"); } System.out.println(); } }