We consider two strings to be anagrams of each other if the first string's letters can be rearranged to form the second string. In other words, both strings must contain the same exact letters in the same exact frequency. For example, bacdc
and dcbac
are anagrams, but bacdc
and dcbad
are not.
Alice is taking a cryptography class and finding anagrams to be very useful. She decides on an encryption scheme involving two large strings where encryption is dependent on the minimum number of character deletions required to make the two strings anagrams. Can you help her find this number?
Given two strings, and , that may not be of the same length, determine the minimum number of character deletions required to make and anagrams. Any characters can be deleted from either of the strings.
Example.
The only characters that match are the 's so we have to remove from and from for a total of deletions.
Function Description
Complete the makingAnagrams function in the editor below.
makingAnagrams has the following parameter(s):
- string s1: a string
- string s2: a string
Returns
- int: the minimum number of deletions needed
Input Format
The first line contains a single string, .
The second line contains a single string, .
Constraints
- It is guaranteed that and consist of lowercase English letters, ascii[a-z].
Sample Input
cde
abc
Sample Output
4
Explanation
Delete the following characters from our two strings to turn them into anagrams:
- Remove
d
ande
fromcde
to getc
. - Remove
a
andb
fromabc
to getc
.
characters have to be deleted to make both strings anagrams.