Java Program To Reverse Words In A Given String

15 Dec, 2021
Example: Let the input string be “i like this program very much”. The function should change the string to “much very program this like i”
Examples: 
Input: s = “geeks quiz practice code” Output: s = “code practice quiz geeks”
Input: s = “getting good at coding needs a lot of practice” Output: s = “practice of lot a needs coding at good getting”
Algorithm:  
Initially, reverse the individual words of the given string one by one, for the above example, after reversing individual words the string should be “i ekil siht margorp yrev hcum”.
Reverse the whole string from start to end to get the desired output “much very program this like i” in the above example.
Below is the implementation of the above approach: 
Java
// Java program to reverse // a Stringimport java.util.*;class GFG{  // Reverse the letters of // the word static void reverse(char str[],                     int start,                     int end) {  // Temporary variable to   // store character   char temp;      while (start <= end)   {    // Swapping the first and     // last character     temp = str[start];    str[start] = str[end];    str[end] = temp;    start++;    end--;  }}// Function to reverse wordsstatic char[] reverseWords(char []s){  // Reversing individual words as  // explained in the first step  int start = 0;  for (int end = 0; end < s.length; end++)   {    // If we see a space, we reverse the     // previous word (word between     // the indexes start and end-1    // i.e., s[start..end-1]    if (s[end] == ' ')     {      reverse(s, start, end);      start = end + 1;    }  }    // Reverse the last word  reverse(s, start, s.length - 1);    // Reverse the entire String  reverse(s, 0, s.length - 1);  return s;}  // Driver Codepublic static void main(String[] args){  String s =   "i like this program very much ";  char []p = reverseWords(s.toCharArray());  System.out.print(p);}}// This code is contributed by gauravrajput1
Output
much very program this like i
Another Approach:
we can do the above task by splitting and saving the string in a reverse manner. 
Below is the implementation of the above approach:
Java
// Java program to reverse a // stringpublic class ReverseWords {    public static void main(String[] args)    {        String s[] =         "i like this program very much".split(" ");        String ans = "";        for (int i = s.length - 1; i >= 0; i--)         {            ans += s[i] + " ";        }        System.out.println("Reversed String:");        System.out.println(ans.substring(0,                            ans.length() - 1));    }}
Output:
Reversed String:
much very program this like i
Time Complexity: O(n) 
Without using any extra space:The above task can also be accomplished by splitting and directly swapping the string starting from the middle. As direct swapping is involved, less space is consumed too.   
Below is the implementation of the above approach:
Java
// Java code to reverse a stringclass GFG{      // Reverse the stringpublic static String[] RevString(String[] s,                                 int l){        // Check if number of words is even    if (l % 2 == 0)    {                // Find the middle word        int j = l / 2;                  // Starting from the middle        // start swapping words at         // jth position and l - 1 - j position        while (j <= l - 1)        {            String temp;            temp = s[l - j - 1];            s[l - j - 1] = s[j];            s[j] = temp;            j += 1;        }    }          // Check if number of words is odd    else     {                // Find the middle word        int j = (l / 2) + 1;                  // Starting from the middle start        // swapping the words at jth         // position and l-1-j position        while (j <= l - 1)         {            String temp;            temp = s[l - j - 1];            s[l - j - 1] = s[j];            s[j] = temp;            j += 1;        }    }          // Return the reversed sentence    return s;}  // Driver Codepublic static void main(String[] args){    String s = "getting good at coding " +                "needs a lot of practice";    String[] words = s.split("\s");        words = RevString(words, words.length);        s = String.join(" ", words);        System.out.println(s);}}// This code is contributed by MuskanKalra1
Output:
practice of lot a needs coding at good getting
Please refer complete article on Reverse words in a given string for more details!
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