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Reverse String In Place

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HardCodingRecursionArraysStringsTwo PointersAsked 4 times

Problem

Given a string s, return a new string containing the characters of s in reverse order. Solve the problem without using Python's built-in reverse helpers such as slicing with [::-1], reversed(), or converting directly through convenience methods that already perform the reversal.

Constraints

  • 0 <= len(s) <= 10^5
  • s may contain letters, digits, spaces, and punctuation
  • Do not use built-in reverse helpers such as slicing with [::-1] or reversed()

Function Signature

def reverse_string(s):
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def solve(rows):
    counts = {}
    for row in rows:
        ...
    return result
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