Reverse Only Letters Problem


Description

LeetCode Problem 917.

Given a string s, reverse the string according to the following rules:

  • All the characters that are not English letters remain in the same position.
  • All the English letters (lowercase or uppercase) should be reversed.

Return s after reversing it.

Example 1:

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Input: s = "ab-cd"
Output: "dc-ba"

Example 2:

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Input: s = "a-bC-dEf-ghIj"
Output: "j-Ih-gfE-dCba"

Example 3:

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Input: s = "Test1ng-Leet=code-Q!"
Output: "Qedo1ct-eeLg=ntse-T!"

Constraints:

  • 1 <= s.length <= 100
  • s consists of characters with ASCII values in the range [33, 122].
  • s does not contain ‘"’ or ‘\’.


Sample C++ Code

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class Solution {
public:
    string reverseOnlyLetters(string s) {
        int l = 0, r = s.size() - 1;
        while (l < r) {
            while (l < r && !isalpha(s[l])) ++l; 
            while (l < r && !isalpha(s[r])) --r; 
            swap(s[l++], s[r--]);
        }
        return s;
    }
};




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