anagrams

				
//**************************************
// Name: anagrams
// Description:Method that checks if two strings are anagrams. Two strings are anagrams that contain the same characters in any order. Silent and listen are anagrams.
// By: SouthOfHeaven
//
// Inputs:Two strings
//
// Returns:Prints if anagram or not.
//
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public class Anagram
{
public static boolean areAnagrams(String string1,
 String string2)
{
				 String workingCopy1 = removeunwanted(string1);
	 			 String workingCopy2 = removeunwanted(string2);
		workingCopy1 = workingCopy1.toLowerCase();
		workingCopy2 = workingCopy2.toLowerCase();
		workingCopy1 = sort(workingCopy1);
		workingCopy2 = sort(workingCopy2);
return workingCopy1.equals(workingCopy2);
}
protected static String removeunwanted(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();
}
protected static String sort(String string)
{
		int length = string.length();
	char[] charArray = new char[length];
			string.getChars(0, length, charArray, 0);
		java.util.Arrays.sort(charArray);
	 return new String(charArray);
}
public static void main(String[] args)
{
String string1 = "Silent";
String string2 = "Listen";
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();
}
}