Coding: Reverse Words in a Sentence | Dataford Interview Questions

Write code to reverse the words in a sentence.

Implement reverse_words(sentence) to return the words in reverse order, separated by a single space. Treat any consecutive whitespace characters as separators and return an empty string when the input contains no words.

Example: "UST builds software" becomes "software builds UST".

Constraints

0 <= len(sentence) <= 10^5
The input may contain letters, digits, punctuation, spaces, tabs, and newlines
Words are maximal consecutive sequences of non-whitespace characters
The output contains exactly one space between adjacent words

Function Signature

def reverse_words(sentence):

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Problem

Write code to reverse the words in a sentence.

Example: "UST builds software" becomes "software builds UST".

Constraints

0 <= len(sentence) <= 10^5
The input may contain letters, digits, punctuation, spaces, tabs, and newlines
Words are maximal consecutive sequences of non-whitespace characters
The output contains exactly one space between adjacent words

Function Signature

def reverse_words(sentence):

Your question is Coding: Reverse Words in a Sentence. Start with the requirements in the Question tab.

Run and submit as often as you like. When you're ready, talk me through your approach or go straight to the code.