javascript anagram finder
//Found this problem on hacker rank
//https://jsfiddle.net/3squy2wt/
var a = "cde";
var b = "abc";
removeCharsForAnagram(a, b);
function removeCharsForAnagram(str1, str2){
if(str1 === str2){
console.log(0);
return;
}
var matchCount1 = [];
var matchCount2 = [];
var counter = 0;
var alphabet = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz".split("");
for(var indexer in alphabet){
var matchLetter = new RegExp(alphabet[indexer], 'g');
matchCount1[alphabet[indexer]] = (str1.match(matchLetter) || []).length;
matchCount2[alphabet[indexer]] = (str2.match(matchLetter) || []).length;
}
for(var indexer in alphabet){
counter += Math.abs(matchCount1[alphabet[indexer]] - matchCount2[alphabet[indexer]]);
}
console.log(counter);
}