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February 24, 2013 03:31
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Write a methos to sort an array of strings so that all the anagrams are next to each other. |
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public String[] sortAnagrams(String[] input){ | |
HashMap<String, ArrayList<String>> map = new HashMap<>(); | |
ArrayList<String> output = new ArrayList<>(); | |
for(String word : input){ | |
String key = sort(word); | |
if(map.contasinsKey(key)) map.get(key).add(word); | |
else map.put(key, new ArrayList<String>(Arrays.asList(key))); | |
} | |
for(String key : map.keySet()){ | |
output.addAll(map.get(key)); | |
} | |
return (String[]) output.toArray(new String[0]); | |
} | |
public static String sortWord(String word){ | |
char[] cs = word.toCharArray(); | |
Arrays.sort(cs); | |
return String.valueOf(cs); | |
} |
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