# Algorithms > Strings > Making Anagrams # https://www.hackerrank.com/challenges/making-anagrams import unittest from collections import Counter def makingAnagrams(s1, s2): counts = Counter(s1) counts.subtract(s2) return sum(abs(x) for x in counts.values()) class Test(unittest.TestCase): data = [(('a', 'b'), 2), (('ab', 'ab'), 0), (('abc', 'amnop'), 6), (('cde', 'abc'), 4), (('cde', 'abcc'), 5)] def test(self): for test_string, expected in self.data: res = makingAnagrams(*test_string) self.assertEqual(res, expected) if __name__ == "__main__": unittest.main()