Problem:
Given an input string, reverse the string word by word.
For example,
Given s = "the sky is blue
",
return "blue is sky the
".
Update (2015-02-12):
For C programmers: Try to solve it in-place in O(1) space.
- What constitutes a word?
A sequence of non-space characters constitutes a word. - Could the input string contain leading or trailing spaces?
Yes. However, your reversed string should not contain leading or trailing spaces. - How about multiple spaces between two words?
Reduce them to a single space in the reversed string.
Analysis:
Solutions:
C++:
void reverseWords(string &s)
{
for(int i = 0; i < s.size();) {
if(s[i] != ' ')
break;
s.erase(s.begin());
}
if(s.empty())
return;
while(*(s.end() - 1) == ' ')
s.erase(s.end() - 1);
for(int i = 0; i < s.size();) {
int j = i;
for(; j < s.size() && s[j] != ' '; ++j) {}
for(int start = i, end = --j; start < end;)
swap(s[start++], s[end--]);
while(j < s.size() - 2 && *(s.begin() + j + 2) == ' ')
s.erase(s.begin() + j + 2);
i = j + 2;
}
for(int start = 0, end = s.size() - 1; start < end;)
swap(s[start++], s[end--]);
}
Java:
Python: