anagram_singleplatform.py

# Anagram puzzle
# Python 3.6
# October 18, 2018
# by Alex Jerez for Micky Loo (SinglePlatform)


def is_anagram(first_word, second_word):
    leftover_letters = second_word
    for letter in first_word:
        if letter in leftover_letters:
            leftover_letters = leftover_letters.replace(letter, "", 1)
        else:
            return False
    # if there are no leftover letters, it is an anagram
    return not len(leftover_letters)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    first_word = input("Enter first word: ")
    second_word = input("Enter second word: ")
    print("the words are %sanagrams" % ("" if is_anagram(first_word, second_word) else "NOT "))