@ashish: your key creation method would need additional space for converting it into form a2b2c1 in O(n) time . as we all know that a word length is not very large .....say on avg 15 letters . so we can use counting sort which is also O(n).
On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 6:05 AM, Ashish Goel <ashg...@gmail.com> wrote: > while making a multimap is a great idea, instead of sorting the word, the > key could be formed by using a hash seprately as char and its count as pair > and then making the string like a2b4c1 as the key, the key would form in > O(n) too. > Best Regards > Ashish Goel > "Think positive and find fuel in failure" > +919985813081 > +919966006652 > > > > On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 1:57 PM, atul anand <atul.87fri...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> given the list of words... what you can do is the following :- >> now take first word from the list.. >> sort this word in alphabetical order...for eg str=bcda ---> sort , we get >> str=abcd >> now considering this sorted word as a key(abcd) , insert original word >> (bcda as value) into the hash table ( hash table with chaining ) >> >> similarly do it for other words. >> >> now given a word , you just need to sort this given word and use it as a >> key to fetch all anagram. >> >> >> On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 5:24 PM, mayur <mayursa...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I am stuck with a question for a long time...can someone provide the >>> best algorithm for this.. >>> >>> Question).. find all the anagrams in a list of words. The algorithm >>> should be efficient as the list can be very large. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Algorithm Geeks" group. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/algogeeks/-/c4cSIMcBYLEJ. >>> To post to this group, send email to algogeeks@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Algorithm Geeks" group. >> To post to this group, send email to algogeeks@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Algorithm Geeks" group. > To post to this group, send email to algogeeks@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Algorithm Geeks" group. To post to this group, send email to algogeeks@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en.