Could someone please provide a breakdown of the JavaScript code logic used here?
The following code is designed to check if two strings are anagrams of each other, but I'm having trouble understanding the approach taken to perform this check.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function() {
var anagram = function(str1, str2){
if (str1.length !== str2.length) {
return false;
}
var sortstr1 = str1.split('').sort().join('');
var sortstr2 = str2.split('').sort().join('');
return (sortstr1 === sortstr2);
}
$('.AnagramChecker').on('click', function(e) {
e.preventDefault();
if($('#string1').val() == '') {
$('#string1').addClass('error');
if($('#string2').val() == '') {
$('#string2').addClass('error');
}
$('.results').empty();
$('.results').hide();
} else {
$('#string1').removeClass('error');
if($('#string2').val() == '') {
$('#string2').addClass('error');
$('.results').empty();
$('.results').hide();
} else {
$('#string2').removeClass('error');
var isAnagram = anagram($('#string1').val(), $('#string2').val());
$('#string1').val('');
$('#string2').val('')
$('.results').show();
$('.results').empty().append('Anagram is: ' + isAnagram);
}
}
});
});
</script>