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# anagram

search anagram in the source word

比如 ccccta cat return index: cta :cat

```
import collections
# variable used: Two Pointer start and end with fixed length of target string. Two Map records character and counter for both source string and target string
# 1. End pointer always ahead of start pointer. End pointer keep going until: 1 end pointer reach to the end, 2 meet the fixed length of target string.
# 2. Check if the answer is found, otherwise increase the start pointer and update source map, then go back to step 1
# 3. Valid function compares the count of each char for two map.

#test case
#"dog","odg"   ->  0
# 'am','aa'    ->  -1
# 'caa','a'   ->   1
# '',''    ->  0
# 'a','a'    ->  0
# 'a','ac'    ->  -1
# "cccctcaaattt","cat"   ->   4

class Solution:
    def subsetsWithDup(self, source,target):
        """
        :type nums: List[int]
        :rtype: List[List[int]]
        """
        if not source and not target:
            return 0
        if not source or not target:
            return -1
        tcount = {} #character and counter for target string
        scount = {} #character and counter for source string
        for i in target:
            tcount[i] = tcount.get(i,0) + 1

        l =end = 0 # two pointer start and end
        sn,tn = len(source),len(target) # length of target and source string

        while l < sn:
            if end < l:
                end = l

            #   update end pointer
            while end < sn and end - l < tn:
                scount[source[end]] = scount.get(source[end],0)+1
                end += 1

            #  return result if exists
            if end<= sn and self.isValid(scount,tcount):
                return l

            #   update start pointer
            scount[source[l]] -= 1
            l += 1

        return -1

    def isValid(self,source,target):
        for i in target.keys():
            if i not in source or target[i] != source[i]:
                return False

        return True
```


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