String slicing in Python to rotate a string
Given a string of size n, write functions to perform following operations on string.
- Left (Or anticlockwise) rotate the given string by d elements (where d <= n).
- Right (Or clockwise) rotate the given string by d elements (where d <= n).
Examples:
Input : s = "GeeksforGeeks"
d = 2
Output : Left Rotation : "eksforGeeksGe"
Right Rotation : "ksGeeksforGee"
Input : s = "qwertyu"
d = 2
Output : Left rotation : "ertyuqw"
Right rotation : "yuqwert"
We have existing solution for this problem please refer Left Rotation and Right Rotation of a String link. We will solve this problem quickly in python using String Slicing. Approach is very simple,
- Separate string in two parts first & second, for Left rotation Lfirst = str[0 : d] and Lsecond = str[d :]. For Right rotation Rfirst = str[0 : len(str)-d] and Rsecond = str[len(str)-d : ].
- Now concatenate these two parts second + first accordingly.
# Function to rotate string left and right by d length def rotate(input,d): # slice string in two parts for left and right Lfirst = input[0 : d] Lsecond = input[d :] Rfirst = input[0 : len(input)-d] Rsecond = input[len(input)-d : ] # now concatenate two parts together print ("Left Rotation : ", (Lsecond + Lfirst) ) print ("Right Rotation : ", (Rsecond + Rfirst)) # Driver program if __name__ == "__main__": input = 'GeeksforGeeks' d=2 rotate(input,d) |
Output:
Left Rotation : eksforGeeksGe Right Rotation : ksGeeksforGee
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