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Anagram Check With SQL

MediumSQL · PostgreSQL

Problem

How would you write a query to check whether two given strings are anagrams of each other?

Assume comparisons are case-insensitive and ignore spaces and non-alphanumeric characters. Return false when either input is NULL.

Output

  1. One row per string pair, with pair_id, left_string, right_string, and is_anagram
  2. Include every pair, including pairs with NULL inputs
  3. Order by pair_id ascending

Schema

strings
ColumnTypeDescription
string_idPKINTIdentifier for an input string
input_stringVARCHAR(255)String to compare
string_pairs
ColumnTypeDescription
pair_idPKINTIdentifier for a string pair
left_string_idINTReference to the first string
right_string_idINTReference to the second string
Tablesstring_pairsstrings
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