Anagram Check in Java
Check whether two strings are anagrams of each other.
IntermediateModule 4: String ProgramsExample 8 of 25
anagram-check.java
1import java.util.Arrays;2import java.util.Scanner;34public class Main {5 public static void main(String[] args) {6 Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);7 System.out.print("Enter first string: ");8 String s1 = sc.nextLine().replaceAll("\\s+", "").toLowerCase();9 System.out.print("Enter second string: ");10 String s2 = sc.nextLine().replaceAll("\\s+", "").toLowerCase();1112 if (s1.length() != s2.length()) {13 System.out.println("Not Anagram");14 } else {15 char[] a1 = s1.toCharArray();16 char[] a2 = s2.toCharArray();17 Arrays.sort(a1);18 Arrays.sort(a2);19 if (Arrays.equals(a1, a2)) {20 System.out.println("Anagram");21 } else {22 System.out.println("Not Anagram");23 }24 }25 sc.close();26 }27}
Output
Enter first string: listen Enter second string: silent Anagram
What's going on
We normalize, sort characters of both strings, and compare arrays.