Checking if 2 strings contain the same characters?

Question

Is there a way to check if two strings contain the same characters. For example,

abc, bca -> true
aaa, aaa -> true
aab, bba -> false
abc, def ->          


        

Answer 1

here:

    String str1 = "abc";
    String str2 = "cba";
    /* create sorted strings */

/*  old buggy code
    String sorted_str1 = new String( java.utils.Arrays.sort(str1.toCharArray()) );
    String sorted_str2 = new String( java.utils.Arrays.sort(str2.toCharArray()) );
*/    
/* the new one */
char [] arr1 = str1.toCharArray();
char [] arr2 = str2.toCharArray();
java.utils.Arrays.sort(arr1);
java.utils.Arrays.sort(arr2);
String sorted_str1 = new String(arr1);
String sorted_str2 = new String(arr2);

if (sorted_str1.equals( sorted_str2 ) ) {
        /* true */
    } else {
        /* false */
    }