/** * This class compiles with v 1.2 and 1.3, but not previous * versions, because its sort method uses the Arrays class, * which was added in 1.2. To make Anagram work with early * versions of the Java platform, you need to reimplement * the sort method. */ public class Anagram { /** * Tests whether the passed-in strings are anagrams -- * containing the exact same number of each letter. * Punctuation, case, and (obviously) 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 * and digits 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(); StringBuffer dest = new StringBuffer(len); char c; for (i = (len - 1); i >= 0; i--) { c = string.charAt(i); if (Character.isLetterOrDigit(c)) { dest.append(c); } } return dest.toString(); } /** * Sorts the passed-in string. Reimplement this method * if you want to use this class in pre-Java-2 versions * of the platform. * * @return a sorted copy of the passed-in string */ protected static String sort(String string) { int length = string.length(); char[] charArray = new char[length]; string.getChars(0, length, charArray, 0); //NOTE: The following line of code causes pre-1.2 //compilers to choke. 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(); } }