Description
Describe the bug
The IsAnagram
function is not checking per-element counts. It is only checking if they have the same elements, but not if the count of each element matches.
A more appropriate name for the current logic is something like ContainsNoDifferingElements
or IntersectsMatch
rather than IsAnagram
. I would recommend changing the name or the logic of the method.
Note: If you aren't going to check per-element counts, then you should also get rid of this check in
IsAnagrams
:if (source.Length != other.Length) return false;because length doesn't matter if you don't also check per-element counts.
To Reproduce
Add the following case to the IsAnagram
unit tests:
string aab = "aab";
string abb = "abb";
Assert.False(Permutations.IsAnargram(aab, abb));
Expected behavior
Spans of the same length and elements but different per-element counts should not be considered re-orders/anagrams of each other.
Environment:
master branch
Additional context
I have written my own version of this algorithm in C# (that fixes this issue) if interested here...
Source Code: https://github.com/ZacharyPatten/Towel/blob/d2660e208ad3a44ab22f192834760c5b93dc82ac/Sources/Towel/Statics-SequenceAnalysis.cs#L1321
Examples: https://github.com/ZacharyPatten/Towel/blob/d2660e208ad3a44ab22f192834760c5b93dc82ac/Examples/BasicsAndExtensions/Program.cs#L406
Testing: https://github.com/ZacharyPatten/Towel/blob/d2660e208ad3a44ab22f192834760c5b93dc82ac/Tools/Towel_Testing/Statics.cs#L2086
Note:MapHashLinked
is my version of aDictionary
if you look at the source code.