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Making Anagrams

  • nikhilsaw29
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    Java 8

    int counter = 0;

        for (int i = 0; i < s1.length(); i++) {
            for (int j = 0; j < s2.length(); j++) {
                if (s1.charAt(i) == s2.charAt(j)) {
                    counter++;
                    // Mark characters as used by replacing them with spaces
                    s1 = s1.substring(0, i) + ' ' + s1.substring(i + 1);
                    s2 = s2.substring(0, j) + ' ' + s2.substring(j + 1);
                    break;
                }
            }
        }

        System.out.println(counter);
        return (s1.length() - counter) + (s2.length() - counter);