BBK#4: Spin My Words...

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Question: Write a function that reversed all words in the String whose length is five or more letter words reversed.

spinWords( "Hey fellow warriors" ) => returns "Hey wollef sroirraw" 
spinWords( "This is a test") => returns "This is a test" 
spinWords( "This is another test" )=> returns "This is rehtona test"

Try it put yourself :
👨🏻‍💻👉  https://www.codewars.com/kata/5667e8f4e3f572a8f2000039/train/kotlin

Java-ish Solution 1:

fun spinWords1(input:String):String{
  val words = input.split(" ")
  var result = ""
  for (word in words) {
      if(word.length > 4){
         result = "$result ${word.reversed()}" 
      }else{
          result = "$result $word"
      }
 	}
  return result
 }

// Performance : took 10.4ms on my machine

I have explained issue with these approach in multiple post now, You can checkout its gist with issues with accumulator pattern and alternative approach from below article.

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Solution 2:

Using Map and JoinToString, Checkout advance stuff we can do with it!

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Kotlin

fun spinWords(input:String):String = input.split(" ")
    .map{word-> if(word.length>5) word.reversed() else word}
    .joinToString(" ")

// Performance : took 15.5ms on my machine

minute performance hit is due to Join operation.

Solution 3:

Another advance way to use JoinToString,

fun spinWords(input: String) = input.split(" ")
	.joinToString(" ") { 
    	if (it.length > 4) it.reversed() else it
    }


// Performance : took 15.5ms on my machine

Performance is same as Solution 2.

To learn more advance cases checkout of JoinToString checkout

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Conclusion

Aim of these articles is not hate on Java, but to help people learn various ways in which they can write same logic better and more Kotlin standard library focused way.

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