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How you can Reverse Letters in Kotlin


The problem

Given a string str, reverse it omitting all non-alphabetic characters.

Examples:

For str = "krishan", the output needs to be "nahsirk".

For str = "ultr53o?n", the output needs to be "nortlu".

Enter/Output:

A string consists of lowercase Latin letters, digits, and symbols.

The answer in Kotlin

Possibility 1:

enjoyable reverseLetter(str: String): String {
    return str.filter(Char::isLetter).reversed()
}

Possibility 2:

enjoyable reverseLetter(str: String) = str.reversed().filter{ it.isLetter() }

Possibility 3:

enjoyable reverseLetter(str: String): String = str.change(Regex("[^a-zA-Z]"), "").reversed()

Check instances to validate our resolution

import kotlin.check.assertEquals
import org.junit.Check

class TestReverseLetter {
  @Check
  enjoyable `Primary Assessments` () {
    val str = "krishan"
    assertEquals("nahsirk", reverseLetter("krishan"))
    assertEquals("nortlu", reverseLetter("ultr53o?n"))
    assertEquals("cba", reverseLetter("ab23c"))
    assertEquals("nahsirk", reverseLetter("krish21an"))
  }
}
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