isAnagram

Test if a value is an anagram.

Installation

npm install @stdlib/assert-is-anagram

Usage

var isAnagram = require( '@stdlib/assert-is-anagram' );

isAnagram( str, value )

Tests if a value is an anagram.

var str = 'I am a weakish speller';
var value = 'William Shakespeare';

var bool = isAnagram( str, value );
// returns true

Notes

• The function does not address the presence of diacritics.
• Only alphanumeric characters are considered.
• Capitalization is ignored.
• If provided a non-string for the first argument, the function throws an Error.
• If provided a non-string for the second argument, the function returns false.

Examples

var isAnagram = require( '@stdlib/assert-is-anagram' );

var bool = isAnagram( 'I am a weakish speller', 'William Shakespeare' );
// returns true

bool = isAnagram( 'bat', 'tab' );
// returns true

bool = isAnagram( 'bat', 'TAB' );
// returns true

bool = isAnagram( 'bat', 't a b' );
// returns true

bool = isAnagram( 'bat 321', 'tab 123' );
// returns true

bool = isAnagram( 'bat', 'tabba' );
// returns false

bool = isAnagram( 'bat', 5 );
// returns false

bool = isAnagram( '123', 321 );
// returns false

See Also

• @stdlib/assert-is-anagram-cli: CLI package for use as a command-line utility.
• @stdlib/assert-is-alphagram: test if a value is an alphagram.

Notice

This package is part of stdlib, a standard library for JavaScript and Node.js, with an emphasis on numerical and scientific computing. The library provides a collection of robust, high performance libraries for mathematics, statistics, streams, utilities, and more.

For more information on the project, filing bug reports and feature requests, and guidance on how to develop stdlib, see the main project repository.

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