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Created May 24, 2012 15:15
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anagram_couter.rb
module AnagramCounter
def count_anagrams
Hash[group_by { |x| x.split('').sort.join }.map { |x, y| [x, y.length] }]
end
end
Array.send(:include, AnagramCounter)
puts ["abb", "bba", "aba", "bba", "abb", "aab", "abc"].count_anagrams.inspect
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bjjb commented May 24, 2012

Was asked to make this in a phone interview a few minutes ago, and got totally flustered! I hate being put on the spot. Here's what I SHOULD have done.

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