// helper function that builds the
// object to store the data
const buildCharObject = str => {
  const charObj = {}
  for(let char of str.replace(/[^\w]/g).toLowerCase()) {
    // if the object has already a key value pair
    // equal to the value being looped over,
    // increase the value by 1, otherwise add
    // the letter being looped over as key and 1 as its value
    charObj[char] = charObj[char] + 1 || 1
  }
  return charObj
}

// main function
const anagram = (strA, strB) => {
  // build the object that holds strA data
  const aCharObject = buildCharObject(strA)
  // build the object that holds strB data
  const bCharObject = buildCharObject(strB)

  // compare number of keys in the two objects
  // (anagrams must have the same number of letters)
  if(Object.keys(aCharObject).length !== Object.keys(bCharObject).length) {
    return false
  }
  // if both objects have the same number of keys
  // we can be sure that at least both strings
  // have the same number of characters
  // Now we can compare the two objects to see if both
  // have the same letters in the same amount
  for(let char in aCharObject) {
    if(aCharObject[char] !== bCharObject[char]) {
      return false
    }
  }
  // if both the above checks succeed,
  // you have an anagram: return true
  return true
}