.NET 4.0 Generics Beginner's Guide

Time for action – creating the method

Follow the given steps:

1. Create a console application called Ganagram (short form for generic anagram). This is a showcase of SortedList<TKey,TValue>, solving a real problem.
2. Add the following method in the Program.cs file:

   public static bool IsAnagram<T>(IEnumerable<T> first, IEnumerable<T> second) 
   {
     SortedList<T, int> val = new SortedList<<T, int>();
              
     foreach (T element in first)
     {
       if (!val.ContainsKey(element))
         val.Add(element, 1);
       else
         val[element]++;
     }
     
     foreach (T element in second)
     {
       if (val.ContainsKey(element))
         val[element]--;
       else
       return false;
     }
     foreach (T element in val.Keys)
     {
       if (val[element] != 0)
       return false;
     }
     return true;
   }

3. Call this method from the Main() method of the console application as follows: ...