Create valid_anagram.cpp

Author: sgindeed

hashing/valid_anagram.cpp

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+/**
+ * @file
+ * @brief Implementation of [Anagram
+ * Checker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anagram) using a hash table.
+ * @details
+ * An anagram is a word or phrase formed by rearranging the letters of a
+ * different word or phrase, typically using all the original letters exactly
+ * once. This implementation is case-sensitive and considers spaces and
+ * punctuation as characters.
+ *
+ * ### Algorithm
+ * To check if two strings are anagrams, we first perform a quick check on their
+ * lengths. If the lengths are different, they cannot be anagrams.
+ *
+ * We then use a hash table (std::unordered_map) to store the character counts
+ * of the first string. We iterate through the first string, mapping each
+ * character to its frequency.
+ *
+ * Next, we iterate through the second string. For each character, we decrement
+ * its count in the hash table. If a character's count drops below zero, or if
+ * the character is not found in the map, the strings are not anagrams.
+ *
+ * If we successfully iterate through the second string without any issues, the
+ * two strings are valid anagrams.
+ */
+
+#include <cassert>       /// for assert
+#include <iostream>      /// for I/O operations
+#include <string>        /// for std::string
+#include <unordered_map> /// for std::unordered_map (hash table)
+
+/**
+ * @namespace string_algorithms
+ * @brief String manipulation algorithms
+ */
+namespace string_algorithms {
+/**
+ * @namespace anagram_checker
+ * @brief Functions for checking anagrams
+ */
+namespace anagram_checker {
+
+/**
+ * @brief Checks if two strings are valid anagrams of each other.
+ * @param[in] s1 first string to compare.
+ * @param[in] s2 second string to compare.
+ * @return `true` if the strings are anagrams.
+ * @return `false` if the strings are not anagrams.
+ */
+bool are_anagrams(const std::string& s1, const std::string& s2) {
+    // Anagrams must have the same length.
+    if (s1.length() != s2.length()) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    // Use a hash map to store character frequencies.
+    std::unordered_map<char, int> counts;
+
+    // Count characters in the first string.
+    for (char c : s1) {
+        counts[c]++;
+    }
+
+    // Decrement counts using characters from the second string.
+    for (char c : s2) {
+        // If a char is not found or its count is already zero, they're not
+        // anagrams.
+        if (counts.find(c) == counts.end() || counts[c] == 0) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        counts[c]--;
+    }
+
+    // If we get here, the strings are anagrams.
+    return true;
+}
+
+}  // namespace anagram_checker
+}  // namespace string_algorithms
+
+/**
+ * @brief Self-test implementations for the anagram checker.
+ * @returns void
+ */
+static void test() {
+    // Test case 1: Basic valid anagrams
+    assert(string_algorithms::anagram_checker::are_anagrams("listen", "silent"));
+    assert(string_algorithms::anagram_checker::are_anagrams("triangle",
+                                                             "integral"));
+
+    // Test case 2: Valid anagrams with spaces
+    assert(string_algorithms::anagram_checker::are_anagrams("a gentleman",
+                                                             "elegant man"));
+
+    // Test case 3: Invalid anagrams (different characters)
+    assert(!string_algorithms::anagram_checker::are_anagrams("hello", "world"));
+
+    // Test case 4: Invalid anagrams (different lengths)
+    assert(!string_algorithms::anagram_checker::are_anagrams("apple", "apples"));
+
+    // Test case 5: Invalid anagrams (different character counts)
+    assert(!string_algorithms::anagram_checker::are_anagrams("aabbc", "aaabc"));
+
+    // Test case 6: Case-sensitive check (should be false)
+    assert(!string_algorithms::anagram_checker::are_anagrams("Listen", "silent"));
+
+    // Test case 7: Empty strings (should be true)
+    assert(string_algorithms::anagram_checker::are_anagrams("", ""));
+
+    // Test case 8: Strings with numbers and symbols
+    assert(string_algorithms::anagram_checker::are_anagrams("123!!", "!1!23"));
+
+    std::cout << "All tests have successfully passed!" << std::endl;
+}
+
+/**
+ * @brief Main function
+ * @returns 0 on exit
+ */
+int main() {
+    test();  // run self-test implementations
+    return 0;
+}