Using Python, find anagrams for a list of words

Question

If I have a list of strings for example:

[\"car\", \"tree\", \"boy\", \"girl\", \"arc\"...]

What should I do in order to find anagrams in t

Answer 1

Since you can't import anything, here are two different approaches including the for loop you asked for.

Approach 1: For Loops and Inbuilt Sorted Function

word_list = ["percussion", "supersonic", "car", "tree", "boy", "girl", "arc"]

# initialize a list
anagram_list = []
for word_1 in word_list: 
    for word_2 in word_list: 
        if word_1 != word_2 and (sorted(word_1)==sorted(word_2)):
            anagram_list.append(word_1)
print(anagram_list)

Approach 2: Dictionaries

def freq(word):
    freq_dict = {}
    for char in word:
        freq_dict[char] = freq_dict.get(char, 0) + 1
    return freq_dict

# initialize a list
anagram_list = []
for word_1 in word_list: 
    for word_2 in word_list: 
        if word_1 != word_2 and (freq(word_1) == freq(word_2)):
            anagram_list.append(word_1)
print(anagram_list)

If you want these approaches explained in more detail, here is an article.