angelikatyborska's solution to Anagram on the Elixir track

Instructions

Test suite

Solution

Given a word and a list of possible anagrams, select the correct sublist.

Given "listen" and a list of candidates like "enlists" "google" "inlets" "banana" the program should return a list containing "inlets".

Running tests

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$ mix test

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# @tag :pending
test "shouting" do
  assert Bob.hey("WATCH OUT!") == "Whoa, chill out!"
end

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anagram_test.exs

defmodule AnagramTest do
  use ExUnit.Case

  # @tag :pending
  test "no matches" do
    matches = Anagram.match("diaper", ~w(hello world zombies pants))
    assert matches == []
  end

  @tag :pending
  test "detects two anagrams" do
    matches = Anagram.match("master", ~w(stream pigeon maters))
    assert matches == ~w(stream maters)
  end

  @tag :pending
  test "does not detect anagram subsets" do
    matches = Anagram.match("good", ~w(dog goody))
    assert matches == []
  end

  @tag :pending
  test "detects anagram" do
    matches = Anagram.match("listen", ~w(enlists google inlets banana))
    assert matches == ~w(inlets)
  end

  @tag :pending
  test "detects three anagrams" do
    matches = Anagram.match("allergy", ~w(gallery ballerina regally clergy largely leading))
    assert matches == ~w(gallery regally largely)
  end

  @tag :pending
  test "detects multiple anagrams with different case" do
    matches = Anagram.match("nose", ~w(Eons ONES))
    assert matches == ~w(Eons ONES)
  end

  @tag :pending
  test "does not detect non-anagrams with identical checksum" do
    matches = Anagram.match("mass", ~w(last))
    assert matches == []
  end

  @tag :pending
  test "detect anagramss case-insensitively" do
    matches = Anagram.match("orchestra", ~w(cashregister Carthorse radishes))
    assert matches == ~w(Carthorse)
  end

  @tag :pending
  test "detects anagrams using case-insensitive subject" do
    matches = Anagram.match("Orchestra", ~w(cashregister carthorse radishes))
    assert matches == ~w(carthorse)
  end

  @tag :pending
  test "detects anagrams using case-insensitive possible matches" do
    matches = Anagram.match("orchestra", ~w(cashregister Carthorse radishes))
    assert matches == ~w(Carthorse)
  end

  @tag :pending
  test "does not detect an anagram if the original word is repeated" do
    matches = Anagram.match("go", ~w(go Go GO))
    assert matches == []
  end

  @tag :pending
  test "anagrams must use all letters exactly once" do
    matches = Anagram.match("tapper", ~w(patter))
    assert matches == []
  end

  @tag :pending
  test "words are not anagrams of themselves (case-insensitive)" do
    matches = Anagram.match("BANANA", ~w(BANANA Banana banana))
    assert matches == []
  end

  @tag :pending
  test "words other than themselves can be anagrams" do
    matches = Anagram.match("LISTEN", ~w(Listen Silent LISTEN))
    assert matches == ~w(Silent)
  end
end

test_helper.exs

ExUnit.start()
ExUnit.configure(exclude: :pending, trace: true)

defmodule Anagram do
  @doc """
  Returns all candidates that are anagrams of, but not equal to, 'base'.
  """
  @spec match(String.t(), [String.t()]) :: [String.t()]
  def match(base, candidates) do
    Enum.filter(candidates, fn candidate ->
      anagram?(String.downcase(base), String.downcase(candidate))
    end)
  end

  defp anagram?(base, base), do: false

  defp anagram?(base, candidate) do
    sort_letters(base) == sort_letters(candidate)
  end

  defp sort_letters(string) do
    string
    |> String.split("")
    |> Enum.sort()
  end
end

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