#!/usr/bin/env python __author__ = "bt3" from collections import Counter def check_if_anagram(word1, word2): counter = Counter() for c in word1: counter[c] += 1 for c in word2: counter[c] -= 1 for values in counter.values(): if values != 0: return False return True if __name__ == '__main__': word1 = 'abc' word2 = 'bca' assert(check_if_anagram(word1, word2) == True) word2 = 'bcd' assert(check_if_anagram(word1, word2) == False) word1 = '' word2 = '' assert(check_if_anagram(word1, word2) == True) word1 = 'a' word2 = 'a' assert(check_if_anagram(word1, word2) == True)