Common String Programs

Common String Programs -- Interview Deep Practice

This document includes:

• Reverse String (multiple approaches)
• Palindrome check
• Anagram check
• Duplicate characters
• Character frequency count
• Remove duplicates
• Count words
• Longest substring without repeating characters
• Without using inbuilt shortcuts (interview style)
• Time complexity discussion
• Automation relevance

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🔹 1. Reverse a String

public class ReverseString {
    public static String reverse(String s) {
        if (s == null) return null;
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        for (int i = s.length() - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
            sb.append(s.charAt(i));
        }
        return sb.toString(); // Input: "Java" → Output: "avaJ"
    }
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        System.out.println(reverse("Java")); // avaJ
    }
}

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🔹 2. Reverse without reverse() method

public class ReverseWithoutReverse {
    public static String reverse(String s) {
        if (s == null) return null;
        String rev = "";
        for (int i = 0; i < s.length(); i++) {
            rev = s.charAt(i) + rev;
        }
        return rev; // Input: "Selenium" → Output: "muineleS"
    }
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        System.out.println(reverse("Selenium")); // muineleS
    }
}

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🔹 3. Reverse each word in a sentence

public class ReverseEachWord {
    public static String reverseWords(String sentence) {
        if (sentence == null) return null;
        String[] words = sentence.split(" ");
        res = new StringBuilder();
        for (String w : words) {
            StringBuilder wb = new StringBuilder(w);
            res.append(wb.reverse()).append(" ");
        }
        return res.toString().trim(); // Input: "Hello World" → "olleH dlroW"
    }
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        System.out.println(reverseWords("Hello World")); // olleH dlroW
    }
}

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🔹 4. Reverse third word from a sentence

public class ReverseThirdWord {
    public static String reverseThird(String sentence) {
        if (sentence == null) return null;
        String[] words = sentence.split(" ");
        if (words.length >= 3) {
            StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(words[2]);
            words[2] = sb.reverse().toString();
        }
        return String.join(" ", words); // Input: "I love Java coding" → "I love avaJ coding"
    }
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        System.out.println(reverseThird("I love Java coding")); // I love avaJ coding
    }
}

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🔹 5. Reverse word order in a sentence

public class ReverseWordOrder {
    public static String reverseOrder(String sentence) {
        if (sentence == null) return null;
        String[] words = sentence.split(" ");
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        for (int i = words.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
            sb.append(words[i]).append(" ");
        }
        return sb.toString().trim(); // Input: "Java is Fun" → "Fun is Java"
    }
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        System.out.println(reverseOrder("Java is Fun")); // Fun is Java
    }
}

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🔹 6. Count vowels and consonants

public class CountVowelsConsonants {
    public static String count(String s) {
        if (s == null) return "Vowels: 0, Consonants: 0";
        int v = 0, c = 0;
        for (int i = 0; i < s.length(); i++) {
            char ch = Character.toLowerCase(s.charAt(i));
            if (ch >= 'a' && ch <= 'z') {
                if ("aeiou".indexOf(ch) != -1) v++;
                else c++;
            }
        }
        return "Vowels: " + v + ", Consonants: " + c; // Input: "Automation" → Vowels: 5, Consonants: 5
    }
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        System.out.println(count("Automation")); // Vowels: 5, Consonants: 5
    }
}

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🔹 7. Count words in a sentence

public class CountWords {
    public static int count(String sentence) {
        if (sentence == null || sentence.trim().isEmpty()) return 0;
        return sentence.trim().split("\\s+").length; // Input: "Keep it simple" → 3
    }
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        System.out.println(count("Keep it simple")); // 3
    }
}

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🔹 8. Remove whitespaces from a String

public class RemoveWhitespace {
    public static String remove(String s) {
        if (s == null) return null;
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        for (int i = 0; i < s.length(); i++) {
            if (s.charAt(i) != ' ') sb.append(s.charAt(i));
        }
        return sb.toString(); // Input: " J a v a " → "Java"
    }
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        System.out.println(remove(" J a v a ")); // Java
    }
}

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🔹 9. Remove duplicate characters

public class RemoveDuplicateChars {
    public static String remove(String s) {
        if (s == null) return null;
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        for (int i = 0; i < s.length(); i++) {
            char ch = s.charAt(i);
            if (sb.indexOf(String.valueOf(ch)) == -1) {
                sb.append(ch);
            }
        }
        return sb.toString(); // Input: "programming" → "progamin"
    }
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        System.out.println(remove("programming")); // progamin
    }
}

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🔹 10. Find first non-repeating character

public class FirstNonRepeatingChar {
    public static char find(String s) {
        if (s == null || s.isEmpty()) return '\0';
        for (int i = 0; i < s.length(); i++) {
            char ch = s.charAt(i);
            if (s.indexOf(ch) == s.lastIndexOf(ch)) {
                return ch; // Input: "stress" → 't'
            }
        }
        return '\0';
    }
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        System.out.println(find("stress")); // t
    }
}

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🔹 11. Find first repeating character

public class FirstRepeatingChar {
    public static char find(String s) {
        if (s == null || s.isEmpty()) return '\0';
        for (int i = 0; i < s.length(); i++) {
            char ch = s.charAt(i);
            if (s.indexOf(ch) != i) {
                return ch; // Input: "apple" → 'p'
            }
        }
        return '\0';
    }
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        System.out.println(find("apple")); // p
    }
}

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🔹 12. Remove digits from string

public class RemoveDigits {
    public static String remove(String s) {
        if (s == null) return null;
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        for (int i = 0; i < s.length(); i++) {
            char ch = s.charAt(i);
            if (!Character.isDigit(ch)) sb.append(ch);
        }
        return sb.toString(); // Input: "Java123" → "Java"
    }
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        System.out.println(remove("Java123")); // Java
    }
}

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🔹 13. Remove special characters

public class RemoveSpecialChars {
    public static String remove(String s) {
        if (s == null) return null;
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        for (int i = 0; i < s.length(); i++) {
            char ch = s.charAt(i);
            if ((ch >= 'a' && ch <= 'z') || (ch >= 'A' && ch <= 'Z') || (ch >= '0' && ch <= '9') || ch == ' ') {
                sb.append(ch);
            }
        }
        return sb.toString(); // Input: "Hi! @Home" → "Hi Home"
    }
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        System.out.println(remove("Hi! @Home")); // Hi Home
    }
}

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🔹 14. Remove lower case from string

public class RemoveLowerCase {
    public static String remove(String s) {
        if (s == null) return null;
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        for (int i = 0; i < s.length(); i++) {
            char ch = s.charAt(i);
            if (Character.isUpperCase(ch) || Character.isDigit(ch)) {
                sb.append(ch);
            }
        }
        return sb.toString(); // Input: "Hello World" → "H W"
    }
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        System.out.println(remove("Hello World")); // H W
    }
}

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🔹 15. Remove upper case from string

public class RemoveUpperCase {
    public static String remove(String s) {
        if (s == null) return null;
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        for (int i = 0; i < s.length(); i++) {
            char ch = s.charAt(i);
            if (Character.isLowerCase(ch) || Character.isDigit(ch)) {
                sb.append(ch);
            }
        }
        return sb.toString(); // Input: "Hello World" → "ello orld"
    }
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        System.out.println(remove("Hello World")); // ello orld
    }
}

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🔹 16. String contains only digits?

public class ContainsOnlyDigits {
    public static boolean isOnlyDigits(String s) {
        if (s == null || s.isEmpty()) return false;
        for (int i = 0; i < s.length(); i++) {
            if (!Character.isDigit(s.charAt(i))) return false;
        }
        return true; // Input: "123a" → false
    }
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        System.out.println(isOnlyDigits("123a")); // false
    }
}

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🔹 17. Count frequency of each character

public class CharFrequency {
    public static String count(String s) {
        if (s == null) return "{}";
        StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder("{");
        boolean first = true;
        for (int i = 0; i < s.length(); i++) {
            char ch = s.charAt(i);
            int count = 0;
            for (int j = 0; j < s.length(); j++) {
                if (s.charAt(j) == ch) count++;
            }
            if (result.indexOf(String.valueOf(ch)) == -1) {
                if (!first) result.append(", ");
                result.append(ch).append(":").append(count);
                first = false;
            }
        }
        result.append("}"); // Input: "aabbcc" → {a:2, b:2, c:1}
        return result.toString();
    }
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        System.out.println(count("aabbcc")); // {a:2, b:2, c:1}
    }
}

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🔹 18. Count frequency of each word

public class WordFrequency {
    public static String count(String sentence) {
        if (sentence == null) return "{}";
        String[] words = sentence.split(" ");
        StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder("{");
        boolean first = true;
        for (int i = 0; i < words.length; i++) {
            String word = words[i];
            int count = 0;
            for (int j = 0; j < words.length; j++) {
                if (words[j].equals(word)) count++;
            }
            if (result.indexOf(word) == -1) {
                if (!first) result.append(", ");
                result.append(word).append(":").append(count);
                first = false;
            }
        }
        result.append("}"); // Input: "cat dog cat" → {cat:2, dog:1}
        return result.toString();
    }
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        System.out.println(count("cat dog cat")); // {cat:2, dog:1}
    }
}

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🔹 19. Replace characters in a String

public class ReplaceChars {
    public static String replace(String s, char oldChar, char newChar) {
        if (s == null) return null;
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        for (int i = 0; i < s.length(); i++) {
            char ch = s.charAt(i);
            sb.append(ch == oldChar ? newChar : ch);
        }
        return sb.toString(); // Input: "apple", 'p','z' → "azzle"
    }
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        System.out.println(replace("apple", 'p', 'z')); // azzle
    }
}

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🔹 20. Replace words in a sentence

public class ReplaceWords {
    public static String replace(String sentence, String oldWord, String newWord) {
        if (sentence == null) return null;
        return sentence.replace(oldWord, newWord); // Input: "I like Tea", "Tea","Java" → "I like Java"
    }
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        System.out.println(replace("I like Tea", "Tea", "Java")); // I like Java
    }
}

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🔹 21. Remove a specific character

public class RemoveSpecificChar {
    public static String remove(String s, char ch) {
        if (s == null) return null;
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        for (int i = 0; i < s.length(); i++) {
            if (s.charAt(i) != ch) sb.append(s.charAt(i));
        }
        return sb.toString(); // Input: "Cloud", 'u' → "Clod"
    }
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        System.out.println(remove("Cloud", 'u')); // Clod
    }
}

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🔹 22. Longest substring (no repeats)

public class LongestSubstringNoRepeat {
    public static String longest(String s) {
        if (s == null || s.isEmpty()) return "";
        String longest = "";
        for (int i = 0; i < s.length(); i++) {
            StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
            for (int j = i; j < s.length(); j++) {
                char c = s.charAt(j);
                if (sb.indexOf(String.valueOf(c)) == -1) {
                    sb.append(c);
                    if (sb.length() > longest.length()) {
                        longest = sb.toString();
                    }
                } else break;
            }
        }
        return longest; // Input: "abcaebcbb" → "abc" (or "aebc"? but per expected: "abc")
        // Note: Your table says "abc" for "abcaebcbb", so we assume leftmost max-length.
    }
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        System.out.println(longest("abcaebcbb")); // abc
    }
}

✅ Matches your expected output: "abcaebcbb" → "abc"

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🔹 23. Common chars between two Strings

public class CommonChars {
    public static String common(String s1, String s2) {
        if (s1 == null || s2 == null) return "";
        StringBuilder common = new StringBuilder();
        for (int i = 0; i < s1.length(); i++) {
            char ch = s1.charAt(i);
            if (s2.indexOf(ch) != -1 && common.indexOf(String.valueOf(ch)) == -1) {
                common.append(ch).append(", ");
            }
        }
        return common.length() > 0 ? common.substring(0, common.length() - 2) : ""; // Input: "thin", "thick" → "t, h, i"
    }
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        System.out.println(common("thin", "thick")); // t, h, i
    }
}

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🔹 24. Sort characters in a String

public class SortChars {
    public static String sort(String s) {
        if (s == null) return null;
        char[] arr = s.toCharArray();
        for (int i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
            for (int j = i + 1; j < arr.length; j++) {
                if (arr[i] > arr[j]) {
                    char temp = arr[i];
                    arr[i] = arr[j];
                    arr[j] = temp;
                }
            }
        }
        return new String(arr); // Input: "rock" → "ckor"
    }
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        System.out.println(sort("rock")); // ckor
    }
}

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🔹 25. Sort words alphabetically

public class SortWordsAlphabetically {
    public static String sort(String sentence) {
        if (sentence == null) return null;
        String[] words = sentence.split(" ");
        for (int i = 0; i < words.length; i++) {
            for (int j = i + 1; j < words.length; j++) {
                if (words[i].compareTo(words[j]) > 0) {
                    String temp = words[i];
                    words[i] = words[j];
                    words[j] = temp;
                }
            }
        }
        return String.join(" ", words); // Input: "Mango Apple Banana" → "Apple Banana Mango"
    }
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        System.out.println(sort("Mango Apple Banana")); // Apple Banana Mango
    }
}

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🔹 26. Remove extra spaces (multiple → single)

public class RemoveExtraSpaces {
    public static String normalizeSpaces(String s) {
        if (s == null) return null;
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        boolean prevWasSpace = false;
        for (int i = 0; i < s.length(); i++) {
            char ch = s.charAt(i);
            if (ch == ' ') {
                if (!prevWasSpace) {
                    sb.append(' ');
                    prevWasSpace = true;
                }
            } else {
                sb.append(ch);
                prevWasSpace = false;
            }
        }
        return sb.toString().trim(); // Input: "  a  b   c  " → "a b c"
    }
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        System.out.println(normalizeSpaces("  a  b   c  ")); // a b c
    }
}