Javascript help

[hussainak]

Hello

I need some help with Javascript and i m stuck with this simple thing that i m unable to figure out.

i need some help with this....

Suppose i m having two words in an array

array = new Array();

array[0] = "abel";

array[1] = "able";

i need to check if all the letters in the array at position 0 and position 1 are the same... like at pos. 0 the letters in alphabetical order are "a", "b", "e", "l" adn if i can sort the word at pos. 1 in the same order and match it using an IF condition, i will achieve the result.

I want to get something like this

if(array[0] == array[1]){
alert("The word is an anagram");
}

any quick help with idea or code will be appreciated

Thanx

[pcbrainbuster]

Well I barely am good at arrays but may be able to help you out, try this -

<script>
array = new Array()
array[0] = "abel"
array[1] = "able"
if (array[0].substring(0,0)==array[1].substring(0,0)) {
alert("The word is an anagram")}
</script>

Well it should work

[hussainak]

thanx buddy

[pcbrainbuster]

Anytime

[jscheuer1]

That only seems to check the first letter but, it's a neat idea to use substring. This will work for the whole word:

<script type="text/javascript">
var words = [];
words[0] = "Abel";
words[1] = "able";
function pad_sort(w){
var t='';
for (var i_tem = 0; i_tem < w.length; i_tem++)
t+=w.charAt(i_tem).toLowerCase()+',';
return t.split(',').sort().join();
}
function isanagram(w1,w2){
if(pad_sort(w1)==pad_sort(w2))
alert('anagram');
}
isanagram(words[0],words[1]);
</script>

[pcbrainbuster]

Or you could just do -

<script>
array = new Array()
array[0] = "abel"
array[1] = "able"
if (array[0]==array[1]) {
alert("The word is an anagram")}
</script>

An dif you want to include the else statement -

<script>
array = new Array()
array[0] = "abel"
array[1] = "able"
if (array[0]==array[1]) {
alert("The word is an anagram")}
else {
alert("The word is not an anagram")}
</script>

Though I am not sure what an anagram is....

[jscheuer1]

Do you even know what an anagram is?

[pcbrainbuster]

Lol you must of cross posted

[jscheuer1]

That question was for both of the other two folks posting in this thread. Here's an answer to it:

Main Entry: 1an·a·gram
Pronunciation: 'a-n&-"gram
Function: noun
Etymology: probably from Middle French anagramme, from New Latin anagrammat-, anagramma, modification of Greek anagrammatismos, from anagrammatizein to transpose letters, from ana- + grammat-, gramma letter -- more at GRAM
1 : a word or phrase made by transposing the letters of another word or phrase
2 plural but singular in construction : a game in which words are formed by rearranging the letters of other words or by arranging letters taken (as from a stock of cards or blocks) at random

I think #1 is what we should be going for here.

[pcbrainbuster]

I don't think I will be using that word