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C-Code demonstrates in-place strings reverse.
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#include "pch.h" | |
#include <iostream> | |
// Implement "reverse" to reverse the passed string in-place. | |
void reverse(char *string) | |
{ | |
int length = strlen(string); // cache string length | |
int j = 0; // first to last increment | |
// loop over string elements, last to first | |
for (int i = length - 1; i >= 0; i--) | |
{ | |
char last = string[i]; // store last char | |
char first = string[j]; // store first char | |
string[i] = first; // add first to last | |
string[j] = last; // add last to first | |
// check if we have reached the mid point, if so break | |
if (i == j) | |
{ | |
break; | |
} | |
else | |
{ | |
j++; | |
} | |
} | |
} | |
int main() { | |
char astring[] = "Hello, tacocat."; | |
reverse(astring); | |
printf("%s\n", astring); | |
return 0; | |
} |
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