Python: Make two given strings anagrams removing any characters from any of the strings

Python String: Exercise-66 with Solution

Write a Python program to make two given strings (lower case, may or may not be of the same length) anagrams removing any characters from any of the strings.

Sample Solution:-

Python Code:

def make_map(s):
    temp_map = {}
    for char in s:
        if char not in temp_map:
            temp_map[char] = 1
        else:
            temp_map[char] +=1 
    return temp_map        
def make_anagram(str1, str2):
    str1_map1 = make_map(str1)
    str2_map2 = make_map(str2)
 
    ctr = 0
    for key in str2_map2.keys():
        if key not in str1_map1:
            ctr += str2_map2[key]
        else:
            ctr += max(0, str2_map2[key]-str1_map1[key])
 
    for key in str1_map1.keys():
        if key not in str2_map2:
            ctr += str1_map1[key]
        else:
            ctr += max(0, str1_map1[key]-str2_map2[key]) 
    return ctr 
str1 = input("Input string1: ")
str2 = input("Input string2: ")
print(make_anagram(str1, str2))

Sample Output:

Input string1:  The quick brown fox
Input string2:  jumps over the lazy dog
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