Strings: Making Anagrams

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    My Python solution:

    def number_needed(a, b):
        count = 0
        for i in range(97, 123):
            ia = sum(letter == chr(i) for letter in a)
            ib = sum(letter == chr(i) for letter in b)
            count += abs(ia-ib)
        return count