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POTransposing and Untransposing a String in java
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copied!<p>I have been working on two methods that will Transpose and Untranspose a String respectively. The solutions that I have come up with both work to the best of my knowledge. I just want to know if I could have solved these problems in a simpler way. My code seems like it is too long for the task that is being performed. The first method, transpose(), will take a String as a parameter and transpose it. If "bridge" is entered, the output will be "bergid". Likewise, with the unTranspose() method, if the user enters "bergid", the output will be "bridge".</p> <pre><code> public void transpose( String s ) { String t = ""; int end = s.length() - 1; for ( int i = 0; i < s.length() / 2; i++ ) { t += Character.toString( s.charAt( i ) ) + Character.toString( s.charAt( end ) ); end--; } // Lenth of String is odd if ( s.length() % 2 == 1 ) { // add character in middle of String to the end of the new String t+= Character.toString( s.charAt( s.length() / 2 ) ); } System.out.println( t ); } public void unTranspose( String s ) { String t = ""; // Length of String is odd if ( s.length() % 2 == 1 ) { for ( int i = 0; i < s.length(); i+=2 ) { t+= Character.toString( s.charAt( i ) ); } for ( int i = s.length() - 2; i > 0; i -= 2 ) { t += Character.toString( s.charAt( i ) ); } System.out.println( t ); } // Length of String is even else if ( s.length() % 2 == 0 ) { for ( int i = 0; i < s.length() - 1; i+=2 ) { t+= Character.toString( s.charAt( i ) ); } for ( int i = s.length() - 1; i > 0; i -= 2 ) { t+= Character.toString( s.charAt( i ) ); } System.out.println( t ); } } </code></pre> <p>My code looks horrible. I'm still not used to formatting my code correctly. Please bear with me.</p> <p>Thanks for your time</p> <hr> <h3>Definition</h3> <pre><code> transpose ---------> "123Xcba" "1a2b3cX" <----------- untranspose </code></pre>

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