BBK#1: Find Middle Element

problemsolving Nov 16, 2020

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Question: Print middle character of a string, if even print middle two characters else middle character

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Solution 1:

fun getMiddle(word : String) : String {
	val chars = word.toCharArray()
	val mid = chars.size/2
	return  if(chars.size%2==0){
		"${chars.get(mid-1)}${chars.get(mid)}"
	}else{
		"${chars.get(mid)}"
	}
}

Solution 2:

Using drop
https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin.collections/drop.html

fun getMiddle(word : String) : String {
	val worldLength = (word.length - 1) / 2
	return word.drop(worldLength).dropLast(worldLength)
}

Solution 3:

Using substring + ranges
https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin.text/substring.html

fun getMiddle(word: String): String = word
		.substring((word.length-1)/2 .. word.length/2)

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