Reverse Each Word in a String Java Program

Write a Java program to reverse a String is asked in many interviews, there is another version similar to it where developers are asked to write a Java program to reverse each word of a given String.

If you notice the Java program to reverse each word of a String is a combination of two programs- How to split a string in Java and how to reverse a String.

Java program to reverse each word in a String

First the passed string is split using split() method of the String class that returns an array having the words. Then iterate through the array and reverse each word, keep appending each reversed word to another string.

For reversing a String there are both recursive and iterative logic, in the code both are shown.

public class ReverseWord {

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    // /Using recursive logic
    String str = "Reverse each word of this string";
    StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
    // For splitting on spaces
    String[] strArr = str.split("\\s+");
    // reversing and appending to StringBuffer
    for(String s : strArr) {
      sb.append(reverseString(s)).append(" ");
    }
    System.out.println("Original String- " + str);
    System.out.println("Reversed String- " + sb.toString());
    
    // Using iterative logic
    str = "This is reverse program";
    sb = new StringBuilder();
    strArr = str.split("\\s+");
    for(String s : strArr) {
      sb.append(reverseStringItr(s)).append(" ");
    }
    System.out.println("Original String- " + str);
    System.out.println("Reversed String- " + sb.toString());
  }
    
  // Recursive logic to reverse a String
  private static String reverseString(String str) {
    // validation & base case
    if((str == null) || (str.length() <= 1)){
      return str;
    }
    // recursive call
    return reverseString(str.substring(1)) + str.charAt(0);  
  }
    
  // Using iteration - Non Recursive
  private static String reverseStringItr(String str){
    // validation
    if((str == null) || (str.length() <= 1)){
      return str;
    }
    
    StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
    for(int i = str.length() - 1; i >= 0; i--){
      sb.append(str.charAt(i));
    }
    return sb.toString();
  }
}

Output

Original String- Reverse each word of this string
Reversed String- esreveR hcae drow fo siht gnirts 
Original String- This is reverse program
Reversed String- sihT si esrever margorp 

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