Remove the first and last character of each word in a string

06 May, 2021
Given the string the task is to remove the first and last character of each word in a string.Examples:  
Input: Geeks for geeks
Output: eek o eek

Input: Geeksforgeeks is best
Output: eeksforgeek  es
Approach  
Split the String based on the space
Run a loop from the first letter to the last letter.
Check if the character is the starting or end of the word
Remove this character from the String.
Below is the implementation of the above approach.  
C++
Java
Python3
C#
PHP
Javascript
// C++ program to remove the first// and last character of each word in a string.#include<bits/stdc++.h>using namespace std; string FirstAndLast(string str){    // add a space to the end of the string    str+=" ";             string res="",w="";             // traverse the string and extract words    for(int i=0;i<str.length();i++)    {        if(str[i]==' ')        {            // excluding the first and            // last character            res +=w.substr(1,w.length()-2)+" ";                             // clear the word            w="";        }        else        {            // else add the character to word            w+=str[i];        }    }     return res;} // Driver codeint main(){    string str = "Geeks for Geeks";    cout << (str) << endl;    cout << FirstAndLast(str) << endl;    return 0;}     // This code is contributed by Arnab Kundu
// Java program to remove the first// and last character of each word in a string. import java.util.*; class GFG {    static String FirstAndLast(String str)    {         // Split the String based on the space        String[] arrOfStr = str.split(" ");         // String to store the resultant String        String res = "";         // Traverse the words and        // remove the first and last letter        for (String a : arrOfStr) {            res += a.substring(1, a.length() - 1) + " ";        }         return res;    }     // Driver code    public static void main(String args[])    {        String str = "Geeks for Geeks";        System.out.println(str);        System.out.println(FirstAndLast(str));    }}
# Python3 program to remove the first# and last character of each word in a string. def FirstAndLast(string) :         # Split the String based on the space    arrOfStr = string.split();     # String to store the resultant String    res = "";     # Traverse the words and    # remove the first and last letter    for a in arrOfStr :        res += a[1:len(a) - 1] + " ";         return res;     # Driver codeif __name__ == "__main__" :         string = "Geeks for Geeks";         print(string);    print(FirstAndLast(string)); # This code is contributed by Ryuga
// C# program to remove the first// and last character of each word in a string.using System; class GFG{    static String FirstAndLast(String str)    {         // Split the String based on the space        String[] arrOfStr = str.Split(' ');         // String to store the resultant String        String res = "";         // Traverse the words and        // remove the first and last letter        foreach (String a in arrOfStr)        {            res += a.Substring(1, a.Length-2) + " ";        }         return res;    }     // Driver code    public static void Main(String []args)    {        String str = "Geeks for Geeks";        Console.WriteLine(str);        Console.WriteLine(FirstAndLast(str));    }} /* This code contributed by PrinciRaj1992 */
<?php// PHP program to remove the first// and last character of each word in a string. function FirstAndLast($str){    // add a space to the end of the string    $str .=" ";         $res = (string) NULL;    $w = (string) NULL;         // traverse the string and extract words    for($i=0; $i< strlen($str); $i++)    {        if($str[$i]== ' ')        {            // excluding the first and            // last character            $res .=substr($w, 1 ,strlen($w)-2) ;            $res .= " ";                        // clear the word            $w= (string) NULL;        }        else        {            // else add the character to word            $w .=$str[$i];        }    }     return $res;} // Driver code  $str = "Geeks for Geeks";echo $str , "\n";echo FirstAndLast($str);     // This code is contributed by ihritik ?>
<script>       // JavaScript program to remove the first      // and last character of each word in a string.      function FirstAndLast(str) {        // add a space to the end of the string        str += " ";         var res = "",          w = "";         // traverse the string and extract words        for (var i = 0; i < str.length; i++)        {          if (str[i] === " ") {            // excluding the first and            // last character             res += w.substring(1, w.length - 1) + " ";             // clear the word            w = "";          } else {            // else add the character to word            w += str[i];          }        }         return res;      }       // Driver code      var str = "Geeks for Geeks";      document.write(str + "<br>");      document.write(FirstAndLast(str) + "<br>");       </script>
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