Function getSignature

recipes/Python/117237_Anagram_Fetcher/recipe-117237.py:5–10

( item )

# returns a signature that will be the same
# for a whole class of anagrams
def getSignature( item ):
	item_chars = []
	for i in range(len(item)):
		item_chars.append(item[i])
	item_chars.sort()
	return string.join(item_chars, "")

# goes through a list of strings and strips
# away the new lines at the end