From 8303085d3da81f1ac0bb47028b2d6904faaa3989 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: amera6 <amera6@mcmaster.ca>
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2025 23:58:54 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Update assignment_1.ipynb: Added own code for anagram checker

---
 02_activities/assignments/assignment_1.ipynb | 101 ++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 87 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/02_activities/assignments/assignment_1.ipynb b/02_activities/assignments/assignment_1.ipynb
index bee48d5a0..b295673b2 100644
--- a/02_activities/assignments/assignment_1.ipynb
+++ b/02_activities/assignments/assignment_1.ipynb
@@ -56,32 +56,72 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": null,
+   "execution_count": 1,
    "metadata": {},
-   "outputs": [],
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "data": {
+      "text/plain": [
+       "True"
+      ]
+     },
+     "execution_count": 1,
+     "metadata": {},
+     "output_type": "execute_result"
+    }
+   ],
    "source": [
     "# For testing purposes, we will write our code in the function\n",
     "def anagram_checker(word_a, word_b):\n",
     "  # Your code here\n",
-    "\n",
+    "    string_a = []  # creating an empty string corresponding to word_a to add elements to\n",
+    "    string_a.extend(word_a.lower()) # first converting word_a to lowercase and then adding each letter as its own element to str_a\n",
+    "    string_b = [] # same thing but for word_b\n",
+    "    string_b.extend(word_b.lower())\n",
+    "    if sorted(string_a) == sorted(string_b): # if a pair of words are anagrams, they will have the same list of letters. Sorting these lists ensures that they match exactly element-by-element\n",
+    "        return True\n",
+    "    else:\n",
+    "        return False\n",
     "# Run your code to check using the words below:\n",
     "anagram_checker(\"Silent\", \"listen\")"
    ]
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": null,
+   "execution_count": 2,
    "metadata": {},
-   "outputs": [],
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "data": {
+      "text/plain": [
+       "False"
+      ]
+     },
+     "execution_count": 2,
+     "metadata": {},
+     "output_type": "execute_result"
+    }
+   ],
    "source": [
     "anagram_checker(\"Silent\", \"Night\")"
    ]
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": null,
+   "execution_count": 3,
    "metadata": {},
-   "outputs": [],
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "data": {
+      "text/plain": [
+       "True"
+      ]
+     },
+     "execution_count": 3,
+     "metadata": {},
+     "output_type": "execute_result"
+    }
+   ],
    "source": [
     "anagram_checker(\"night\", \"Thing\")"
    ]
@@ -97,22 +137,55 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": null,
+   "execution_count": 4,
    "metadata": {},
-   "outputs": [],
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "data": {
+      "text/plain": [
+       "True"
+      ]
+     },
+     "execution_count": 4,
+     "metadata": {},
+     "output_type": "execute_result"
+    }
+   ],
    "source": [
     "def anagram_checker(word_a, word_b, is_case_sensitive):\n",
     "  # Modify your existing code here\n",
-    "\n",
+    "    string_a = []  # creating empty strings to populate later\n",
+    "    string_b = [] \n",
+    "    if is_case_sensitive == True: \n",
+    "        string_a.extend(word_a) # since we check case sensitivity, the elements won't be forced into lowercase before being compared\n",
+    "        string_b.extend(word_b) \n",
+    "    else:\n",
+    "        string_a.extend(word_a.lower()) # if we don't care about case sensitivty, convert both words to lowercase first\n",
+    "        string_b.extend(word_b.lower())\n",
+    "    if sorted(string_a) == sorted(string_b): # compare the two strings, sorting them first to ensure they match element-by-element if they are indeed anagrams\n",
+    "        return True\n",
+    "    else:\n",
+    "        return False\n",
     "# Run your code to check using the words below:\n",
     "anagram_checker(\"Silent\", \"listen\", False) # True"
    ]
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": null,
+   "execution_count": 5,
    "metadata": {},
-   "outputs": [],
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "data": {
+      "text/plain": [
+       "False"
+      ]
+     },
+     "execution_count": 5,
+     "metadata": {},
+     "output_type": "execute_result"
+    }
+   ],
    "source": [
     "anagram_checker(\"Silent\", \"Listen\", True) # False"
    ]
@@ -130,7 +203,7 @@
  ],
  "metadata": {
   "kernelspec": {
-   "display_name": "new-learner",
+   "display_name": "python-env",
    "language": "python",
    "name": "python3"
   },
@@ -144,7 +217,7 @@
    "name": "python",
    "nbconvert_exporter": "python",
    "pygments_lexer": "ipython3",
-   "version": "3.11.8"
+   "version": "3.11.14"
   }
  },
  "nbformat": 4,