From 22658d6e9bdd024b53dfa4e137a47eca808208e9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ofir <ofir.sivan@mail.utoronto.ca>
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2025 12:33:54 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/6] I completed assignment 1 and built the anagrams' codes

---
 02_activities/assignments/assignment_1.ipynb | 263 ++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 251 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/02_activities/assignments/assignment_1.ipynb b/02_activities/assignments/assignment_1.ipynb
index bee48d5a0..0b15eb2a0 100644
--- a/02_activities/assignments/assignment_1.ipynb
+++ b/02_activities/assignments/assignment_1.ipynb
@@ -56,13 +56,44 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": null,
+   "execution_count": 2,
    "metadata": {},
-   "outputs": [],
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "data": {
+      "text/plain": [
+       "True"
+      ]
+     },
+     "execution_count": 2,
+     "metadata": {},
+     "output_type": "execute_result"
+    }
+   ],
    "source": [
     "# For testing purposes, we will write our code in the function\n",
     "def anagram_checker(word_a, word_b):\n",
     "  # Your code here\n",
+    "  \n",
+    "  '''checks if two strings are anagrams'''\n",
+    "  if type (word_a) == type (word_b) == str:\n",
+    "    if len (word_a) == len (word_b):\n",
+    "      if sorted (word_a.lower()) == sorted (word_b.lower()):\n",
+    "        return True\n",
+    "      else:\n",
+    "        return False\n",
+    "    else:\n",
+    "      return False\n",
+    "  else:\n",
+    "        return False\n",
+    "\n",
+    "\n",
+    "#explanation: \n",
+    "# The first conditional ensures that the data type is a string, allowing for the use of string methods on the data.\n",
+    "# The second conditional aims to determine if the length of the string referred to by the parameter \"word_a\" is equal to that referred to by \"word_b\".\n",
+    "# The third conditional employs two string methods on each of the parameters. First, the \"sorted\" method breaks each string into a set comprising all its characters.\n",
+    "# Second, the method \"lower\" ensures that all the characters appearing in each of the strings will appear as lowercase. \n",
+    "\n",
     "\n",
     "# Run your code to check using the words below:\n",
     "anagram_checker(\"Silent\", \"listen\")"
@@ -70,22 +101,144 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": null,
+   "execution_count": 42,
    "metadata": {},
-   "outputs": [],
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "data": {
+      "text/plain": [
+       "False"
+      ]
+     },
+     "execution_count": 42,
+     "metadata": {},
+     "output_type": "execute_result"
+    }
+   ],
    "source": [
     "anagram_checker(\"Silent\", \"Night\")"
    ]
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": null,
+   "execution_count": 43,
    "metadata": {},
-   "outputs": [],
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "data": {
+      "text/plain": [
+       "True"
+      ]
+     },
+     "execution_count": 43,
+     "metadata": {},
+     "output_type": "execute_result"
+    }
+   ],
    "source": [
     "anagram_checker(\"night\", \"Thing\")"
    ]
   },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": 44,
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "data": {
+      "text/plain": [
+       "True"
+      ]
+     },
+     "execution_count": 44,
+     "metadata": {},
+     "output_type": "execute_result"
+    }
+   ],
+   "source": [
+    "anagram_checker (\"time\", \"item\")"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": 3,
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "data": {
+      "text/plain": [
+       "False"
+      ]
+     },
+     "execution_count": 3,
+     "metadata": {},
+     "output_type": "execute_result"
+    }
+   ],
+   "source": [
+    "anagram_checker (\"time\", \"itex\")"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": 4,
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "data": {
+      "text/plain": [
+       "True"
+      ]
+     },
+     "execution_count": 4,
+     "metadata": {},
+     "output_type": "execute_result"
+    }
+   ],
+   "source": [
+    "anagram_checker (\"enclosE\", \"Closeen\")"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": 51,
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "data": {
+      "text/plain": [
+       "True"
+      ]
+     },
+     "execution_count": 51,
+     "metadata": {},
+     "output_type": "execute_result"
+    }
+   ],
+   "source": [
+    "anagram_checker (\"Ofir\", \"Rifo\")"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": 52,
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "data": {
+      "text/plain": [
+       "False"
+      ]
+     },
+     "execution_count": 52,
+     "metadata": {},
+     "output_type": "execute_result"
+    }
+   ],
+   "source": [
+    "anagram_checker (\"ofif\", \"fif\")"
+   ]
+  },
   {
    "cell_type": "markdown",
    "metadata": {},
@@ -97,26 +250,107 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": null,
+   "execution_count": 17,
    "metadata": {},
-   "outputs": [],
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "data": {
+      "text/plain": [
+       "True"
+      ]
+     },
+     "execution_count": 17,
+     "metadata": {},
+     "output_type": "execute_result"
+    }
+   ],
    "source": [
     "def anagram_checker(word_a, word_b, is_case_sensitive):\n",
     "  # Modify your existing code here\n",
     "\n",
+    "  '''checks if two strings are anagrams, with an option to select case sensitivity'''\n",
+    "  if type (word_a) == type (word_b) == str:\n",
+    "    if len (word_a) == len (word_b):\n",
+    "      if sorted (word_a.lower()) == sorted (word_b.lower()):\n",
+    "        if (is_case_sensitive) == False:\n",
+    "          return True\n",
+    "        else: \n",
+    "          return False\n",
+    "      else:\n",
+    "        return False\n",
+    "    else:\n",
+    "      return False\n",
+    "  else:\n",
+    "    return False\n",
+    "\n",
+    "\n",
+    "\n",
+    "\n",
+    "\n",
     "# Run your code to check using the words below:\n",
     "anagram_checker(\"Silent\", \"listen\", False) # True"
    ]
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": null,
+   "execution_count": 12,
    "metadata": {},
-   "outputs": [],
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "data": {
+      "text/plain": [
+       "False"
+      ]
+     },
+     "execution_count": 12,
+     "metadata": {},
+     "output_type": "execute_result"
+    }
+   ],
    "source": [
     "anagram_checker(\"Silent\", \"Listen\", True) # False"
    ]
   },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": 15,
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "data": {
+      "text/plain": [
+       "False"
+      ]
+     },
+     "execution_count": 15,
+     "metadata": {},
+     "output_type": "execute_result"
+    }
+   ],
+   "source": [
+    "anagram_checker (\"Ofir\", \"Rifo\", True)"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": 16,
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "data": {
+      "text/plain": [
+       "True"
+      ]
+     },
+     "execution_count": 16,
+     "metadata": {},
+     "output_type": "execute_result"
+    }
+   ],
+   "source": [
+    "anagram_checker (\"Ofir\", \"Rifo\", False)"
+   ]
+  },
   {
    "cell_type": "markdown",
    "metadata": {},
@@ -126,11 +360,16 @@
     "|Code Execution|All code cells execute without errors.|Any code cell produces an error upon execution.|\n",
     "|Code Quality|Code is well-organized, concise, and includes necessary comments for clarity. E.g. Great use of variable names.|Code is unorganized, verbose, or lacks necessary comments. E.g. Single character variable names outside of loops.|"
    ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "markdown",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "source": []
   }
  ],
  "metadata": {
   "kernelspec": {
-   "display_name": "new-learner",
+   "display_name": "python-env",
    "language": "python",
    "name": "python3"
   },
@@ -144,7 +383,7 @@
    "name": "python",
    "nbconvert_exporter": "python",
    "pygments_lexer": "ipython3",
-   "version": "3.11.8"
+   "version": "3.11.13"
   }
  },
  "nbformat": 4,

From 6077fe5105456cc6f692b8db06a9eabd98c347a5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ofir <ofir.sivan@mail.utoronto.ca>
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2025 21:08:41 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/6] I have revised the assigment

---
 02_activities/assignments/assignment_1.ipynb | 127 ++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 92 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)

diff --git a/02_activities/assignments/assignment_1.ipynb b/02_activities/assignments/assignment_1.ipynb
index 0b15eb2a0..17b424923 100644
--- a/02_activities/assignments/assignment_1.ipynb
+++ b/02_activities/assignments/assignment_1.ipynb
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": 2,
+   "execution_count": 1,
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [
     {
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
        "True"
       ]
      },
-     "execution_count": 2,
+     "execution_count": 1,
      "metadata": {},
      "output_type": "execute_result"
     }
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": 42,
+   "execution_count": 2,
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [
     {
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
        "False"
       ]
      },
-     "execution_count": 42,
+     "execution_count": 2,
      "metadata": {},
      "output_type": "execute_result"
     }
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": 43,
+   "execution_count": 3,
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [
     {
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
        "True"
       ]
      },
-     "execution_count": 43,
+     "execution_count": 3,
      "metadata": {},
      "output_type": "execute_result"
     }
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": 44,
+   "execution_count": 4,
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [
     {
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@
        "True"
       ]
      },
-     "execution_count": 44,
+     "execution_count": 4,
      "metadata": {},
      "output_type": "execute_result"
     }
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": 3,
+   "execution_count": 5,
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [
     {
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@
        "False"
       ]
      },
-     "execution_count": 3,
+     "execution_count": 5,
      "metadata": {},
      "output_type": "execute_result"
     }
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": 4,
+   "execution_count": 6,
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [
     {
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@
        "True"
       ]
      },
-     "execution_count": 4,
+     "execution_count": 6,
      "metadata": {},
      "output_type": "execute_result"
     }
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": 51,
+   "execution_count": 7,
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [
     {
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@
        "True"
       ]
      },
-     "execution_count": 51,
+     "execution_count": 7,
      "metadata": {},
      "output_type": "execute_result"
     }
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": 52,
+   "execution_count": 8,
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [
     {
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@
        "False"
       ]
      },
-     "execution_count": 52,
+     "execution_count": 8,
      "metadata": {},
      "output_type": "execute_result"
     }
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": 17,
+   "execution_count": 10,
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [
     {
@@ -259,38 +259,55 @@
        "True"
       ]
      },
-     "execution_count": 17,
+     "execution_count": 10,
      "metadata": {},
      "output_type": "execute_result"
     }
    ],
    "source": [
     "def anagram_checker(word_a, word_b, is_case_sensitive):\n",
+    "  \n",
     "  # Modify your existing code here\n",
-    "\n",
+    "  \n",
     "  '''checks if two strings are anagrams, with an option to select case sensitivity'''\n",
     "  if type (word_a) == type (word_b) == str:\n",
     "    if len (word_a) == len (word_b):\n",
-    "      if sorted (word_a.lower()) == sorted (word_b.lower()):\n",
-    "        if (is_case_sensitive) == False:\n",
-    "          return True\n",
-    "        else: \n",
+    "      if is_case_sensitive == False:\n",
+    "        sorted (word_a.lower()) == sorted (word_b.lower())\n",
+    "        return True\n",
+    "      if is_case_sensitive == True:\n",
+    "          sorted (word_a) != sorted (word_b)\n",
     "          return False\n",
-    "      else:\n",
+    "    else: \n",
     "        return False\n",
-    "    else:\n",
-    "      return False\n",
     "  else:\n",
-    "    return False\n",
-    "\n",
-    "\n",
-    "\n",
+    "      return False\n",
     "\n",
     "\n",
     "# Run your code to check using the words below:\n",
     "anagram_checker(\"Silent\", \"listen\", False) # True"
    ]
   },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": 11,
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "data": {
+      "text/plain": [
+       "False"
+      ]
+     },
+     "execution_count": 11,
+     "metadata": {},
+     "output_type": "execute_result"
+    }
+   ],
+   "source": [
+    "anagram_checker(\"Silent\", \"Listen\", True) # False"
+   ]
+  },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
    "execution_count": 12,
@@ -308,7 +325,27 @@
     }
    ],
    "source": [
-    "anagram_checker(\"Silent\", \"Listen\", True) # False"
+    "anagram_checker (\"Ofir\", \"Rifo\", True)"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": 13,
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "data": {
+      "text/plain": [
+       "True"
+      ]
+     },
+     "execution_count": 13,
+     "metadata": {},
+     "output_type": "execute_result"
+    }
+   ],
+   "source": [
+    "anagram_checker (\"Ofir\", \"Rifo\", False)"
    ]
   },
   {
@@ -328,12 +365,12 @@
     }
    ],
    "source": [
-    "anagram_checker (\"Ofir\", \"Rifo\", True)"
+    "anagram_checker (\"erased\", \"Sedra\", True)"
    ]
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": 16,
+   "execution_count": 17,
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [
     {
@@ -342,13 +379,33 @@
        "True"
       ]
      },
-     "execution_count": 16,
+     "execution_count": 17,
      "metadata": {},
      "output_type": "execute_result"
     }
    ],
    "source": [
-    "anagram_checker (\"Ofir\", \"Rifo\", False)"
+    "anagram_checker (\"mate\", \"Tame\", False)"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": 18,
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "data": {
+      "text/plain": [
+       "True"
+      ]
+     },
+     "execution_count": 18,
+     "metadata": {},
+     "output_type": "execute_result"
+    }
+   ],
+   "source": [
+    "anagram_checker (\"tiMe\", \"miTe\", False)"
    ]
   },
   {

From 8dc072be43165b5c29985c6c24802cdd3def8b2c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ofir <ofir.sivan@mail.utoronto.ca>
Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2025 11:17:23 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 3/6] one last revision

---
 02_activities/assignments/assignment_1.ipynb | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/02_activities/assignments/assignment_1.ipynb b/02_activities/assignments/assignment_1.ipynb
index 17b424923..baf0f8fba 100644
--- a/02_activities/assignments/assignment_1.ipynb
+++ b/02_activities/assignments/assignment_1.ipynb
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": 18,
+   "execution_count": null,
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [
     {

From 7b5a519eabdf21b0e6ebde964008f3c178dfd7c5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ofir <ofir.sivan@mail.utoronto.ca>
Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2025 11:30:37 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 4/6] one last version. I revised the second part, changed the
 line 6 code from 'if' to 'else'

---
 02_activities/assignments/assignment_1.ipynb | 24 ++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/02_activities/assignments/assignment_1.ipynb b/02_activities/assignments/assignment_1.ipynb
index baf0f8fba..4fbc39b0a 100644
--- a/02_activities/assignments/assignment_1.ipynb
+++ b/02_activities/assignments/assignment_1.ipynb
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": 10,
+   "execution_count": 1,
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [
     {
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@
        "True"
       ]
      },
-     "execution_count": 10,
+     "execution_count": 1,
      "metadata": {},
      "output_type": "execute_result"
     }
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@
     "      if is_case_sensitive == False:\n",
     "        sorted (word_a.lower()) == sorted (word_b.lower())\n",
     "        return True\n",
-    "      if is_case_sensitive == True:\n",
+    "      else: \n",
     "          sorted (word_a) != sorted (word_b)\n",
     "          return False\n",
     "    else: \n",
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": 11,
+   "execution_count": 2,
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [
     {
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@
        "False"
       ]
      },
-     "execution_count": 11,
+     "execution_count": 2,
      "metadata": {},
      "output_type": "execute_result"
     }
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": 12,
+   "execution_count": 3,
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [
     {
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@
        "False"
       ]
      },
-     "execution_count": 12,
+     "execution_count": 3,
      "metadata": {},
      "output_type": "execute_result"
     }
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": 15,
+   "execution_count": 6,
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [
     {
@@ -359,13 +359,13 @@
        "False"
       ]
      },
-     "execution_count": 15,
+     "execution_count": 6,
      "metadata": {},
      "output_type": "execute_result"
     }
    ],
    "source": [
-    "anagram_checker (\"erased\", \"Sedra\", True)"
+    "anagram_checker (\"erased\", \"Sedrea\", True)\n"
    ]
   },
   {
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": null,
+   "execution_count": 5,
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [
     {
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@
        "True"
       ]
      },
-     "execution_count": 18,
+     "execution_count": 5,
      "metadata": {},
      "output_type": "execute_result"
     }

From 4c0dbee811150ac9f75bf01137d68e865c23c5cb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ofir <ofir.sivan@mail.utoronto.ca>
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2025 16:46:37 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 5/6] I hope that now it is okay

---
 02_activities/assignments/assignment_1.ipynb | 66 ++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 47 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

diff --git a/02_activities/assignments/assignment_1.ipynb b/02_activities/assignments/assignment_1.ipynb
index 4fbc39b0a..ba2510f0b 100644
--- a/02_activities/assignments/assignment_1.ipynb
+++ b/02_activities/assignments/assignment_1.ipynb
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": 1,
+   "execution_count": 10,
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [
     {
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@
        "True"
       ]
      },
-     "execution_count": 1,
+     "execution_count": 10,
      "metadata": {},
      "output_type": "execute_result"
     }
@@ -270,13 +270,21 @@
     "  # Modify your existing code here\n",
     "  \n",
     "  '''checks if two strings are anagrams, with an option to select case sensitivity'''\n",
+    "  \n",
+    "  \n",
     "  if type (word_a) == type (word_b) == str:\n",
     "    if len (word_a) == len (word_b):\n",
-    "      if is_case_sensitive == False:\n",
-    "        sorted (word_a.lower()) == sorted (word_b.lower())\n",
-    "        return True\n",
-    "      else: \n",
-    "          sorted (word_a) != sorted (word_b)\n",
+    "        if sorted (word_a.lower()) == sorted (word_b.lower()):\n",
+    "          if is_case_sensitive == False:\n",
+    "            return True\n",
+    "          else:\n",
+    "            return False\n",
+    "        elif sorted (word_a) != sorted (word_b):\n",
+    "          if is_case_sensitive == True:\n",
+    "            return True\n",
+    "          else:\n",
+    "            return False\n",
+    "        else:\n",
     "          return False\n",
     "    else: \n",
     "        return False\n",
@@ -290,7 +298,7 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": 2,
+   "execution_count": 11,
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [
     {
@@ -299,7 +307,7 @@
        "False"
       ]
      },
-     "execution_count": 2,
+     "execution_count": 11,
      "metadata": {},
      "output_type": "execute_result"
     }
@@ -310,7 +318,7 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": 3,
+   "execution_count": 13,
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [
     {
@@ -319,7 +327,7 @@
        "False"
       ]
      },
-     "execution_count": 3,
+     "execution_count": 13,
      "metadata": {},
      "output_type": "execute_result"
     }
@@ -330,7 +338,7 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": 13,
+   "execution_count": 14,
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [
     {
@@ -339,7 +347,7 @@
        "True"
       ]
      },
-     "execution_count": 13,
+     "execution_count": 14,
      "metadata": {},
      "output_type": "execute_result"
     }
@@ -350,7 +358,7 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": 6,
+   "execution_count": 15,
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [
     {
@@ -359,7 +367,7 @@
        "False"
       ]
      },
-     "execution_count": 6,
+     "execution_count": 15,
      "metadata": {},
      "output_type": "execute_result"
     }
@@ -370,7 +378,7 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": 17,
+   "execution_count": 16,
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [
     {
@@ -379,7 +387,7 @@
        "True"
       ]
      },
-     "execution_count": 17,
+     "execution_count": 16,
      "metadata": {},
      "output_type": "execute_result"
     }
@@ -390,7 +398,7 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": 5,
+   "execution_count": 19,
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [
     {
@@ -399,7 +407,7 @@
        "True"
       ]
      },
-     "execution_count": 5,
+     "execution_count": 19,
      "metadata": {},
      "output_type": "execute_result"
     }
@@ -408,6 +416,26 @@
     "anagram_checker (\"tiMe\", \"miTe\", False)"
    ]
   },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": 20,
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "data": {
+      "text/plain": [
+       "False"
+      ]
+     },
+     "execution_count": 20,
+     "metadata": {},
+     "output_type": "execute_result"
+    }
+   ],
+   "source": [
+    "anagram_checker (\"Cat\", \"Act\", True )"
+   ]
+  },
   {
    "cell_type": "markdown",
    "metadata": {},

From 4e67a1d35655a3f9d5fe4876163f015eadf2f068 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ofir <ofir.sivan@mail.utoronto.ca>
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2025 00:26:09 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 6/6] I hope that now it is okay. I have also refined part 1,
 and added detailed explanations. Thank you for all the help, I have learned a
 lot!

---
 02_activities/assignments/assignment_1.ipynb | 323 +++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 261 insertions(+), 62 deletions(-)

diff --git a/02_activities/assignments/assignment_1.ipynb b/02_activities/assignments/assignment_1.ipynb
index ba2510f0b..727f5fdac 100644
--- a/02_activities/assignments/assignment_1.ipynb
+++ b/02_activities/assignments/assignment_1.ipynb
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": 1,
+   "execution_count": null,
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [
     {
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
        "True"
       ]
      },
-     "execution_count": 1,
+     "execution_count": 47,
      "metadata": {},
      "output_type": "execute_result"
     }
@@ -77,22 +77,20 @@
     "  \n",
     "  '''checks if two strings are anagrams'''\n",
     "  if type (word_a) == type (word_b) == str:\n",
-    "    if len (word_a) == len (word_b):\n",
-    "      if sorted (word_a.lower()) == sorted (word_b.lower()):\n",
-    "        return True\n",
-    "      else:\n",
-    "        return False\n",
+    "    if sorted (word_a.lower()) == sorted (word_b.lower()):\n",
+    "      return True\n",
     "    else:\n",
     "      return False\n",
     "  else:\n",
-    "        return False\n",
+    "    return \"invalid value\"\n",
     "\n",
     "\n",
     "#explanation: \n",
     "# The first conditional ensures that the data type is a string, allowing for the use of string methods on the data.\n",
-    "# The second conditional aims to determine if the length of the string referred to by the parameter \"word_a\" is equal to that referred to by \"word_b\".\n",
-    "# The third conditional employs two string methods on each of the parameters. First, the \"sorted\" method breaks each string into a set comprising all its characters.\n",
-    "# Second, the method \"lower\" ensures that all the characters appearing in each of the strings will appear as lowercase. \n",
+    "# The second conditional employs a string method nested in the function \"sorted\". The string method lowcases each one of the parameters \"word a\"\n",
+    "# and \"word b\". The two lowcased words become the argument of the function sorted which returns them as an ordered set of charchters. The conditions derermines\n",
+    "# that of the two sets are identical the we have an anagram. \n",
+    "# I understood that the len function was redundant since the sorted function create a list [and not a set] in which identical characters are repeated\n",
     "\n",
     "\n",
     "# Run your code to check using the words below:\n",
@@ -101,7 +99,7 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": 2,
+   "execution_count": 48,
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [
     {
@@ -110,7 +108,7 @@
        "False"
       ]
      },
-     "execution_count": 2,
+     "execution_count": 48,
      "metadata": {},
      "output_type": "execute_result"
     }
@@ -121,7 +119,7 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": 3,
+   "execution_count": 49,
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [
     {
@@ -130,7 +128,7 @@
        "True"
       ]
      },
-     "execution_count": 3,
+     "execution_count": 49,
      "metadata": {},
      "output_type": "execute_result"
     }
@@ -141,7 +139,7 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": 4,
+   "execution_count": 50,
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [
     {
@@ -150,7 +148,7 @@
        "True"
       ]
      },
-     "execution_count": 4,
+     "execution_count": 50,
      "metadata": {},
      "output_type": "execute_result"
     }
@@ -161,7 +159,7 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": 5,
+   "execution_count": 51,
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [
     {
@@ -170,7 +168,7 @@
        "False"
       ]
      },
-     "execution_count": 5,
+     "execution_count": 51,
      "metadata": {},
      "output_type": "execute_result"
     }
@@ -181,7 +179,7 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": 6,
+   "execution_count": 52,
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [
     {
@@ -190,7 +188,7 @@
        "True"
       ]
      },
-     "execution_count": 6,
+     "execution_count": 52,
      "metadata": {},
      "output_type": "execute_result"
     }
@@ -201,7 +199,7 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": 7,
+   "execution_count": 53,
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [
     {
@@ -210,7 +208,7 @@
        "True"
       ]
      },
-     "execution_count": 7,
+     "execution_count": 53,
      "metadata": {},
      "output_type": "execute_result"
     }
@@ -221,7 +219,7 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": 8,
+   "execution_count": 54,
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [
     {
@@ -230,7 +228,7 @@
        "False"
       ]
      },
-     "execution_count": 8,
+     "execution_count": 54,
      "metadata": {},
      "output_type": "execute_result"
     }
@@ -239,6 +237,26 @@
     "anagram_checker (\"ofif\", \"fif\")"
    ]
   },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": 55,
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "data": {
+      "text/plain": [
+       "'invalid value'"
+      ]
+     },
+     "execution_count": 55,
+     "metadata": {},
+     "output_type": "execute_result"
+    }
+   ],
+   "source": [
+    "anagram_checker (55, 55)"
+   ]
+  },
   {
    "cell_type": "markdown",
    "metadata": {},
@@ -250,7 +268,7 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": 10,
+   "execution_count": null,
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [
     {
@@ -259,7 +277,7 @@
        "True"
       ]
      },
-     "execution_count": 10,
+     "execution_count": 116,
      "metadata": {},
      "output_type": "execute_result"
     }
@@ -273,32 +291,33 @@
     "  \n",
     "  \n",
     "  if type (word_a) == type (word_b) == str:\n",
-    "    if len (word_a) == len (word_b):\n",
-    "        if sorted (word_a.lower()) == sorted (word_b.lower()):\n",
-    "          if is_case_sensitive == False:\n",
-    "            return True\n",
-    "          else:\n",
-    "            return False\n",
-    "        elif sorted (word_a) != sorted (word_b):\n",
-    "          if is_case_sensitive == True:\n",
-    "            return True\n",
-    "          else:\n",
-    "            return False\n",
-    "        else:\n",
-    "          return False\n",
-    "    else: \n",
+    "    if is_case_sensitive == False:\n",
+    "      if sorted (word_a.lower()) == sorted (word_b.lower()):\n",
+    "        return True\n",
+    "      else:\n",
     "        return False\n",
+    "    elif is_case_sensitive == True:\n",
+    "      if sorted (word_a) != sorted (word_b):\n",
+    "        return False\n",
+    "      else:\n",
+    "        return True\n",
+    "    else:\n",
+    "      return \"invalid value\"\n",
     "  else:\n",
-    "      return False\n",
+    "    return \"invalid value\"\n",
     "\n",
+    "# explanation: \n",
+    "# in this part I expanded on part 1 to chec case sensativity. The code between lines 3-6 is the same as in part 1 where the function is not asked to check \n",
+    "# for case sensitivity. When the function is asked to check for  ase sensitivity, I nested  the condition in which when the function \"sorted()\" without the lower\n",
+    "# method returns two different strings the function of anagaram checker returns \"False\", otherwise, it returns \"True\". I also added contidions for invalid values and tested them\n",
     "\n",
     "# Run your code to check using the words below:\n",
-    "anagram_checker(\"Silent\", \"listen\", False) # True"
+    "anagram_checker(\"Silent\", \"Listen\", False) # True"
    ]
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": 11,
+   "execution_count": 118,
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [
     {
@@ -307,18 +326,38 @@
        "False"
       ]
      },
-     "execution_count": 11,
+     "execution_count": 118,
      "metadata": {},
      "output_type": "execute_result"
     }
    ],
    "source": [
-    "anagram_checker(\"Silent\", \"Listen\", True) # False"
+    "anagram_checker(\"Silent\", \"listen\", True) # False"
    ]
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": 13,
+   "execution_count": 120,
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "data": {
+      "text/plain": [
+       "True"
+      ]
+     },
+     "execution_count": 120,
+     "metadata": {},
+     "output_type": "execute_result"
+    }
+   ],
+   "source": [
+    "anagram_checker(\"Silent\", \"liSten\", True)"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": 121,
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [
     {
@@ -327,7 +366,7 @@
        "False"
       ]
      },
-     "execution_count": 13,
+     "execution_count": 121,
      "metadata": {},
      "output_type": "execute_result"
     }
@@ -338,7 +377,7 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": 14,
+   "execution_count": 122,
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [
     {
@@ -347,7 +386,7 @@
        "True"
       ]
      },
-     "execution_count": 14,
+     "execution_count": 122,
      "metadata": {},
      "output_type": "execute_result"
     }
@@ -358,47 +397,47 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": 15,
+   "execution_count": 123,
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [
     {
      "data": {
       "text/plain": [
-       "False"
+       "True"
       ]
      },
-     "execution_count": 15,
+     "execution_count": 123,
      "metadata": {},
      "output_type": "execute_result"
     }
    ],
    "source": [
-    "anagram_checker (\"erased\", \"Sedrea\", True)\n"
+    "anagram_checker (\"mate\", \"Tame\", False)"
    ]
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": 16,
+   "execution_count": 124,
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [
     {
      "data": {
       "text/plain": [
-       "True"
+       "False"
       ]
      },
-     "execution_count": 16,
+     "execution_count": 124,
      "metadata": {},
      "output_type": "execute_result"
     }
    ],
    "source": [
-    "anagram_checker (\"mate\", \"Tame\", False)"
+    "anagram_checker (\"tiMe\", \"miTe\", True)"
    ]
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": 19,
+   "execution_count": 125,
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [
     {
@@ -407,7 +446,7 @@
        "True"
       ]
      },
-     "execution_count": 19,
+     "execution_count": 125,
      "metadata": {},
      "output_type": "execute_result"
     }
@@ -418,7 +457,7 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": 20,
+   "execution_count": 126,
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [
     {
@@ -427,7 +466,7 @@
        "False"
       ]
      },
-     "execution_count": 20,
+     "execution_count": 126,
      "metadata": {},
      "output_type": "execute_result"
     }
@@ -436,6 +475,166 @@
     "anagram_checker (\"Cat\", \"Act\", True )"
    ]
   },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": 137,
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "data": {
+      "text/plain": [
+       "True"
+      ]
+     },
+     "execution_count": 137,
+     "metadata": {},
+     "output_type": "execute_result"
+    }
+   ],
+   "source": [
+    "anagram_checker ('Act', 'Act', True)"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": 140,
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "data": {
+      "text/plain": [
+       "'invalid value'"
+      ]
+     },
+     "execution_count": 140,
+     "metadata": {},
+     "output_type": "execute_result"
+    }
+   ],
+   "source": [
+    "anagram_checker ([1, 2, 3], [\"one\", \"two\", \"three\"], False)"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": 141,
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "data": {
+      "text/plain": [
+       "'invalid value'"
+      ]
+     },
+     "execution_count": 141,
+     "metadata": {},
+     "output_type": "execute_result"
+    }
+   ],
+   "source": [
+    "anagram_checker (\"love\", \"LOVE\", \"False\")"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": 128,
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "data": {
+      "text/plain": [
+       "False"
+      ]
+     },
+     "execution_count": 128,
+     "metadata": {},
+     "output_type": "execute_result"
+    }
+   ],
+   "source": [
+    "anagram_checker (\"make\", \"made\", False)"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": 130,
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "data": {
+      "text/plain": [
+       "False"
+      ]
+     },
+     "execution_count": 130,
+     "metadata": {},
+     "output_type": "execute_result"
+    }
+   ],
+   "source": [
+    "anagram_checker (\"make\", \"made\", True)"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": 133,
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "data": {
+      "text/plain": [
+       "True"
+      ]
+     },
+     "execution_count": 133,
+     "metadata": {},
+     "output_type": "execute_result"
+    }
+   ],
+   "source": [
+    "anagram_checker ('ten', 'TEN', False)"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": 135,
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "data": {
+      "text/plain": [
+       "False"
+      ]
+     },
+     "execution_count": 135,
+     "metadata": {},
+     "output_type": "execute_result"
+    }
+   ],
+   "source": [
+    "anagram_checker ('ten', 'TEN', True)"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": 136,
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "data": {
+      "text/plain": [
+       "True"
+      ]
+     },
+     "execution_count": 136,
+     "metadata": {},
+     "output_type": "execute_result"
+    }
+   ],
+   "source": [
+    "anagram_checker ('Ten', 'Ten', True)"
+   ]
+  },
   {
    "cell_type": "markdown",
    "metadata": {},