public static void FindAnagramsInListOfWords(List <string> words, ref List <string> anagramSets, ref int anagramsCount)
{
string separator = "";
separator = " ";
var rearrangedWord = new List <string>();
//Strip out the words that aren't anagrams of other words
foreach (string a in words)
{
string currentRearrangedWord;
string currentWord = a.ToLower();
//set current word in loop with its characters in alphabetic order
currentRearrangedWord = FindAnagrams.MakeAlphabetic(currentWord);
rearrangedWord.Add(currentRearrangedWord);
}
//get all duplicates using Linq
var duplicates = rearrangedWord
.Select((x, i) => new { i, x })
.GroupBy(x => x.x)
.Where(g => g.Count() > 1)
.ToDictionary(g => g.Key, g => g.Select(x => x.i).ToList());
anagramsCount = duplicates.Count;
string currentAnagramWord;
int currentAnagramWordIndex;
//populate anagramSets for each duplicate set of words
foreach (string wordThatIsAnagram in duplicates.Keys)
{
string currentAnagramSetsLine = "";
currentAnagramWord = wordThatIsAnagram;
foreach (int indexInWordList in duplicates[wordThatIsAnagram])
{
currentAnagramWordIndex = indexInWordList;
if (anagramSets.Contains(wordThatIsAnagram))
{
}
else
{
currentAnagramSetsLine += words[currentAnagramWordIndex].ToLower();
currentAnagramSetsLine += separator;
}
}
if (anagramSets.Contains(currentAnagramWord))
{
}
else
{
anagramSets.Add(currentAnagramSetsLine);
}
}
}
static void Main(string[] args)
{
FindAnagrams findAnagrams = new FindAnagrams();
findAnagrams.ExecuteAnagramCheck();
Console.WriteLine("END OF PROGRAM");
Console.ReadKey();
}