2000. Reverse Prefix of Word

shashi
2 min readMay 1, 2024

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Solved
Easy
Topics
Companies
Hint
Given a 0-indexed string word and a character ch, reverse the segment of word that starts at index 0 and ends at the index of the first occurrence of ch (inclusive). If the character ch does not exist in word, do nothing. example, if word = “abcdefd” and ch = “d”, then you should reverse the segment that starts at 0 and ends at 3 (inclusive). The resulting string will be “dcbaefd”.
Return the resulting string.

Example 1:

Input: word = “abcdefd”, ch = “d”
Output: “dcbaefd”
Explanation: The first occurrence of “d” is at index 3.
Reverse the part of word from 0 to 3 (inclusive), the resulting string is “dcbaefd”.
Example 2:

Input: word = “xyxzxe”, ch = “z”
Output: “zxyxxe”
Explanation: The first and only occurrence of “z” is at index 3.
Reverse the part of word from 0 to 3 (inclusive), the resulting string is “zxyxxe”.
Example 3:

Input: word = “abcd”, ch = “z”
Output: “abcd”
Explanation: “z” does not exist in word.
You should not do any reverse operation, the resulting string is “abcd”.

Constraints:

1 <= word.length <= 250
word consists of lowercase English letters.
ch is a lowercase English letter.

class Solution {
/**Time : O(n) Space :O(1) */
public String reversePrefix(String word, char ch) {
char[] chrArr= word.toCharArray();
int indx=0;
for(int i=0;i<chrArr.length;i++){
if(chrArr[i]==ch){
indx=i;
break;
}
}
reverse(chrArr,0,indx);
return String.valueOf(chrArr);
}

public void reverse(char[] chrArr, int start, int end){
while(start<end){
char ch=chrArr[end];
chrArr[end--]=chrArr[start];
chrArr[start++]=ch;
}
}
}

/**

2000. Reverse Prefix of Word
Solved
Easy
Topics
Companies
Hint
Given a 0-indexed string word and a character ch, reverse the segment of word that starts at index 0 and ends at the index of the first occurrence of ch (inclusive). If the character ch does not exist in word, do nothing.

For example, if word = "abcdefd" and ch = "d", then you should reverse the segment that starts at 0 and ends at 3 (inclusive). The resulting string will be "dcbaefd".
Return the resulting string.



Example 1:

Input: word = "abcdefd", ch = "d"
Output: "dcbaefd"
Explanation: The first occurrence of "d" is at index 3.
Reverse the part of word from 0 to 3 (inclusive), the resulting string is "dcbaefd".
Example 2:

Input: word = "xyxzxe", ch = "z"
Output: "zxyxxe"
Explanation: The first and only occurrence of "z" is at index 3.
Reverse the part of word from 0 to 3 (inclusive), the resulting string is "zxyxxe".
Example 3:

Input: word = "abcd", ch = "z"
Output: "abcd"
Explanation: "z" does not exist in word.
You should not do any reverse operation, the resulting string is "abcd".

Constraints:

1 <= word.length <= 250
word consists of lowercase English letters.
ch is a lowercase English letter.

*/

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