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Reverse Words in Sentence

MediumPython

Problem

Write a program to reverse only the individual words in a given sentence while maintaining their original order.

Implement the function below. Words are separated by one or more whitespace characters, and the returned sentence should use single spaces between words. Preserve punctuation as part of each word.

Input: a string sentence. Output: a string containing the words in their original order, with each word's characters reversed.

Constraints

  • 0 <= len(sentence) <= 1000
  • The input contains printable characters and whitespace
  • Words are separated by one or more whitespace characters
  • Punctuation is treated as part of its word

Function Signature

def reverse_words(sentence):
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