# 151_Reverse_Words_in_a_String ###### tags: `leetcode` ## Problem Statement Given an input string s, reverse the order of the words. A word is defined as a sequence of non-space characters. The words in s will be separated by at least one space. Return a string of the words in reverse order concatenated by a single space. Note that s may contain leading or trailing spaces or multiple spaces between two words. The returned string should only have a single space separating the words. Do not include any extra spaces. - Example 1: > Input: s = "the sky is blue" > Output: "blue is sky the" - Example 2: > Input: s = " hello world " > Output: "world hello" > Explanation: Your reversed string should not contain leading or trailing spaces. - Example 3: > Input: s = "a good example" > Output: "example good a" > Explanation: You need to reduce multiple spaces between two words to a single space in the reversed string. - Example 4: > Input: s = " Bob Loves Alice " > Output: "Alice Loves Bob" - Example 5: > Input: s = "Alice does not even like bob" > Output: "bob like even not does Alice" - Constraints: > 1 <= s.length <= 10^4^ > s contains English letters (upper-case and lower-case), digits, and spaces ' '. > There is at least one word in s. ## Solution - Since they are reversing only the word, not the entire string, need to remember the starting point and the end point of the index. ```cpp= if (s[i]!= ' '&& o) // the end point { j= i; //end point if (!ans.empty()) ans.append(" "); //if not the first element, add space o= 0; //the variable to control remembering the start or the end } ``` ```cpp= else if (s[i]== ' '&& !o) // the starting point { o= 1; ans.append(s.begin()+ i+ 1, s.begin()+ j+ 1); // add into the final array } ``` ```cpp= if (s[0]!= ' '&& !o) // the first element is not included, add outside the loop { ans.append(s.begin(), s.begin()+ j+ 1); } ```