interactive-coding-challenges/arrays_strings/reverse_words/reverse_words_solution.ipynb

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    "# Solution notebook\n",
    "## Problem: Given a string of words, return a string with the words in reverse"
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    "* [Constraits](#Constraint)\n",
    "* [Test Cases](#Test-Cases)\n",
    "* [Algorithm](#Algorithm)\n",
    "* [Code](#Code)\n",
    "* [Unit Test](#Unit-Test)\n",
    "* [Solution Notebook](#Solution-Notebook)"
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    "## Constraints\n",
    "* Can we assume the string is ASCII?\n",
    "  * Yes\n",
    "* Is whitespace important?\n",
    "  * no the whitespace does not change\n",
    "* Is this case sensitive?\n",
    "  * yes\n",
    "* What if the string is empty?\n",
    "  * return None\n",
    "* Is the order of words important?\n",
    "  * yes\n",
    "\n"
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    "## Algorithm: Split words into a list and reverse each word individually\n",
    "Steps:\n",
    "\n",
    "* Check if string is empty\n",
    "* If not empty, split the string into a list of words \n",
    "* For each word on the list\n",
    "  * reverse the word\n",
    "* Return the string representation of the list\n",
    "\n",
    "Complexity:\n",
    "\n",
    "* Time complexity is O(n) where n is the number of chars.\n",
    "* Space complexity is O(n) where n is the number of chars. "
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    "def reverse_words(S):\n",
    "    if len(S) is 0:\n",
    "        return None\n",
    "    \n",
    "    words = S.split()\n",
    "    for i in range (len(words)):\n",
    "        words[i] = words[i][::-1]\n",
    "        \n",
    "    return \" \".join(words)"
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      "Overwriting reverse_words_solution.py\n"
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    "%%writefile reverse_words_solution.py\n",
    "from nose.tools import assert_equal\n",
    "\n",
    "class UnitTest (object):\n",
    "    def testReverseWords(self, func):\n",
    "            assert_equal(func('the sun is hot'), 'eht nus si toh')\n",
    "            assert_equal(func(''), None)\n",
    "            assert_equal(func('123 456 789'), '321 654 987')\n",
    "            assert_equal(func('magic'), 'cigam')\n",
    "            print('Success: reverse_words')\n",
    "            \n",
    "def main():\n",
    "    test = UnitTest()\n",
    "    test.testReverseWords(reverse_words)\n",
    "\n",
    "if __name__==\"__main__\":\n",
    "  main()"
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      "Success: reverse_words\n"
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    "run -i reverse_words_solution.py"
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