Complete Assignment 1: Anagram Checker

[BukkyShonibare]

What changes are you trying to make? (e.g. Adding or removing code, refactoring existing code, adding reports)

I added a new function anagram_checker() in a Jupyter Notebook to check if two words are anagrams. I implemented both case-insensitive and case-sensitive options using sorted letters.

What did you learn from the changes you have made?

I learned how to handle string manipulation, implement conditional logic for case sensitivity, and use sorting to compare collections of characters efficiently.

Was there another approach you were thinking about making? If so, what approach(es) were you thinking of?

I considered using a character frequency counter (collections.Counter) to compare letter counts instead of sorting, which is more efficient for longer strings.

Were there any challenges? If so, what issue(s) did you face? How did you overcome it?

Ensuring proper handling of case sensitivity was initially tricky. I sorted this by adding a conditional statement to convert words to lowercase when is_case_sensitive is False.

How were these changes tested?

I tested by running the examples in the notebook, including provided test cases and additional words, to confirm that the function returned True or False correctly.

A reference to a related issue in your repository (if applicable)

Checklist

• I can confirm that my changes are working as intended

[juliagallucci]

Great!