def count_chars(word):
  # creates a bag of chars in word
  count_of = {}
  for ch in word:
    count_of[ch] = count_of.get(ch, 0) + 1
  return count_of

print count_chars("teal")

def anagram(word1, word2):
  return count_chars(word1) == count_chars(word2)

print anagram("teal", "late")
print anagram("teal", "latte")

# Alternate: Print the word counts.
# for (word, count) in count_of.items():
#     print word, ' = ', count