From c31165c6c5f1463ed8dc2070eaa215be17beca03 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kay <kayxn23@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2018 22:22:47 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] reverse words

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 lib/reverse_words.rb |  33 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
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diff --git a/lib/reverse_words.rb b/lib/reverse_words.rb
index cb3cc8a..28761fb 100644
--- a/lib/reverse_words.rb
+++ b/lib/reverse_words.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,35 @@
 # A method to reverse each word in a sentence, in place.
+def string_reverse(my_string)
+  return if my_string == nil || my_string.length < 1
+    i = 0 #first ele
+    j = my_string.length - 1 #last ele
+    while i < j # until position of first ele meets last, so there is the center element in between
+      temp = my_string[i] #stores frist ele in temp
+      my_string[i] = my_string[j] #sets first ele to the last ele's position
+      my_string[j] = temp #sets last element to first ele's position
+      i += 1 #increment
+      j -= 1
+    end
+    return my_string
+end
+
 def reverse_words(my_words)
-  raise NotImplementedError
+  unless my_words == nil || my_words.empty?
+    my_words.
+    string_reverse(my)
 end
+
+
+
+# "En gineer"
+# "reenig nE"
+#letter at index0 must swap with final index
+#letter at index0 decrements index[0] -1
+# so lets assign i = index[0] which is E
+#so i = E
+# index[i - 1] = -1
+# j = index[length -1]
+# so j = r
+# the value in j should be assigned to the first position
+# storage = index[0]
+# j = storage

From ac21ba5b766e4b8802ee1815c4c449776b526074 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kay <kayxn23@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2018 12:38:50 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] made changes to solution

---
 lib/reverse_words.rb | 53 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/reverse_words.rb b/lib/reverse_words.rb
index 28761fb..b5f0153 100644
--- a/lib/reverse_words.rb
+++ b/lib/reverse_words.rb
@@ -1,25 +1,50 @@
 # A method to reverse each word in a sentence, in place.
+require 'pry'
 def string_reverse(my_string)
   return if my_string == nil || my_string.length < 1
-    i = 0 #first ele
-    j = my_string.length - 1 #last ele
-    while i < j # until position of first ele meets last, so there is the center element in between
-      temp = my_string[i] #stores frist ele in temp
-      my_string[i] = my_string[j] #sets first ele to the last ele's position
-      my_string[j] = temp #sets last element to first ele's position
-      i += 1 #increment
-      j -= 1
-    end
-    return my_string
+  i = 0 #first ele
+  j = my_string.length - 1 #last ele
+  while i < j # until position of first ele meets last, so there is the center element in between
+    temp = my_string[i] #stores frist ele in temp
+    my_string[i] = my_string[j] #sets first ele to the last ele's position
+    my_string[j] = temp #sets last element to first ele's position
+    i += 1 #increment
+    j -= 1
+  end
+  return my_string
 end
 
+# "   evol  "
+
 def reverse_words(my_words)
+  # puts my_words
   unless my_words == nil || my_words.empty?
-    my_words.
-    string_reverse(my)
+    last = 0
+    first = 0
+    until last == my_words.length - 1
+      while my_words[first] == " " && first != my_words.length - 1
+        first += 1
+      end
+      last = first
+      while my_words[last] != " " && last != my_words.length - 1
+        last += 1
+      end
+      if first == last || last == my_words.length - 1
+        my_words[first..last] = string_reverse(my_words[first..last])
+      else
+        my_words[first..last - 1] = string_reverse(my_words[first..last - 1])
+      end
+      first = last
+    end
+  end
+  # puts "finished #{my_words}"
 end
-
-
+#1, check if first character is " "
+#check if the index to the right of it (the next highest index) is a space
+#if true, that section is one word
+# (the beginning and end of each word needs an index)
+#once i find a since word section call string_reverse helper method on it
+#else, continue incrementation +1
 
 # "En gineer"
 # "reenig nE"