From 2ff36dec5e2f51f3ced6a89f1f11e56740f9c01e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Syeda Hania Qamar <hania.qamar@mail.utoronto.ca>
Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2026 03:02:25 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Complete Assignment 1 Anagram Checker

---
 02_activities/assignments/assignment_1.ipynb | 109 ++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 92 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/02_activities/assignments/assignment_1.ipynb b/02_activities/assignments/assignment_1.ipynb
index 2dca19d0b..654a000b2 100644
--- a/02_activities/assignments/assignment_1.ipynb
+++ b/02_activities/assignments/assignment_1.ipynb
@@ -56,13 +56,28 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": null,
+   "execution_count": 10,
    "metadata": {},
-   "outputs": [],
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "data": {
+      "text/plain": [
+       "True"
+      ]
+     },
+     "execution_count": 10,
+     "metadata": {},
+     "output_type": "execute_result"
+    }
+   ],
    "source": [
     "# For testing purposes, we will write our code in the function\n",
     "def anagram_checker(word_a, word_b):\n",
-    "  # Your code here\n",
+    "    #Both words will be conversted to lowercase so that words that are uppercase/lower case don't interfere with the comparison\n",
+    "    word_a = word_a.lower()\n",
+    "    word_b = word_b.lower()\n",
+    "    #This will sort letters in the words and compare them, if sorted letters are identical then words are anagrams, like silent and thing\n",
+    "    return sorted(word_a) == sorted(word_b)\n",
     "\n",
     "# Run your code to check using the words below:\n",
     "anagram_checker(\"Silent\", \"listen\")"
@@ -70,18 +85,40 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": null,
+   "execution_count": 11,
    "metadata": {},
-   "outputs": [],
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "data": {
+      "text/plain": [
+       "False"
+      ]
+     },
+     "execution_count": 11,
+     "metadata": {},
+     "output_type": "execute_result"
+    }
+   ],
    "source": [
     "anagram_checker(\"Silent\", \"Night\")"
    ]
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": null,
+   "execution_count": 12,
    "metadata": {},
-   "outputs": [],
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "data": {
+      "text/plain": [
+       "True"
+      ]
+     },
+     "execution_count": 12,
+     "metadata": {},
+     "output_type": "execute_result"
+    }
+   ],
    "source": [
     "anagram_checker(\"night\", \"Thing\")"
    ]
@@ -97,12 +134,28 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": null,
+   "execution_count": 13,
    "metadata": {},
-   "outputs": [],
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "data": {
+      "text/plain": [
+       "True"
+      ]
+     },
+     "execution_count": 13,
+     "metadata": {},
+     "output_type": "execute_result"
+    }
+   ],
    "source": [
     "def anagram_checker(word_a, word_b, is_case_sensitive):\n",
-    "  # Modify your existing code here\n",
+    "    #If case sensitivity is off both words should be converted to lowercase, so that upper and lowercase are treated equally\n",
+    "    if not is_case_sensitive:\n",
+    "        word_a = word_a.lower()\n",
+    "        word_b = word_b.lower()\n",
+    "    #Sorts the characters in both words and compare them, if they are identical then the words are anagrams    \n",
+    "    return sorted(word_a) == sorted(word_b)\n",
     "\n",
     "# Run your code to check using the words below:\n",
     "anagram_checker(\"Silent\", \"listen\", False) # True"
@@ -110,18 +163,40 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": null,
+   "execution_count": 14,
    "metadata": {},
-   "outputs": [],
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "data": {
+      "text/plain": [
+       "False"
+      ]
+     },
+     "execution_count": 14,
+     "metadata": {},
+     "output_type": "execute_result"
+    }
+   ],
    "source": [
     "anagram_checker(\"Silent\", \"listen\", True) # False"
    ]
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": null,
+   "execution_count": 15,
    "metadata": {},
-   "outputs": [],
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "data": {
+      "text/plain": [
+       "False"
+      ]
+     },
+     "execution_count": 15,
+     "metadata": {},
+     "output_type": "execute_result"
+    }
+   ],
    "source": [
     "anagram_checker(\"Silent\", \"Listen\", True) # False"
    ]
@@ -139,7 +214,7 @@
  ],
  "metadata": {
   "kernelspec": {
-   "display_name": "new-learner",
+   "display_name": "Python 3 (ipykernel)",
    "language": "python",
    "name": "python3"
   },
@@ -153,9 +228,9 @@
    "name": "python",
    "nbconvert_exporter": "python",
    "pygments_lexer": "ipython3",
-   "version": "3.11.8"
+   "version": "3.13.12"
   }
  },
  "nbformat": 4,
- "nbformat_minor": 2
+ "nbformat_minor": 4
 }