Python Challenges: Check if a given string is an anagram of another given string

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Write a Python program to check if a given string is an anagram of another given string.

According to Wikipedia an anagram is direct word switch or word play, the result of rearranging the letters of a word or phrase to produce a new word or phrase, using all the original letters exactly once; for example, the word anagram can be rearranged into nag-a-ram.

Explanation:

Sample Solution:

Python Code:

def is_anagram(str1, str2):
    list_str1 = list(str1)
    list_str1.sort()
    list_str2 = list(str2)
    list_str2.sort()

    return (list_str1 == list_str2)

print(is_anagram('anagram','nagaram'))
print(is_anagram('cat','rat'))

Sample Output:

True
False

Flowchart:

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