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: ...

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