MakeAnagram

AnagramPeriod/AnagramPeriod.java

@@ -1,12 +1,42 @@
+import java.util.Scanner;
 
 public class AnagramPeriod {
 
   public static void main(String[] args) {
-    getAnagramPeriod("ababbaab");
+    Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
+    String a = sc.nextLine();
+    String b = sc.nextLine();
+    sc.close();
+
+    int totalDel = makeAnagram(a, b);
+    System.out.println(totalDel);
+
   }
 
-  private static void getAnagramPeriod(String input_str) {
-    int n = input_str.length();
-    System.out.println(n);
+  private static int makeAnagram(String strOne, String strTwo) {
+    // bacdc
+    // dcbac
+    // bacdc
+    // dcbad
+
+    int[] a_frequency = new int[26]; // 26 numbers of letters in the alphabet.
+    int[] b_frequency = new int[26]; // 26 numbers of letters in the alphabet.
+
+    // populate the frequence array for String strOne
+    for (char c : strOne.toCharArray()) {
+      a_frequency[c - 'a']++;
+    }
+
+    // populate the frequence array for String strTwo
+    for (char c : strTwo.toCharArray()) {
+      b_frequency[c - 'a']++;
+    }
+
+    // calculate the total number of deletions needed
+    int deletion = 0;
+    for (int i = 0; i < 26; i++) {
+      deletion += Math.abs(a_frequency[i] - b_frequency[i]);
+    }
+    return deletion;
   }
 }

test-results/.last-run.json

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+  "status": "failed",
+  "failedTests": []
+}