Write a function named reverse_chunks
that accepts a string s
and integer k
as parameters and returns a new string that reverses the relative order of every k
characters of s
.
For example, the call of reverse_chunks("MehranSahami", 3)
should view the string in groups of 3 characters at a time, reversing "Meh"
into "heM"
, and "ran"
into "nar"
, and so on, returning a result of "heMnarhaSima"
.
If the string's length is not an exact multiple of k
, the last chunk of fewer-than-k
characters at the end of the string should be left in its original order.
For example, if the call is reverse_chunks("MartyStepp", 4)
, the first chunk "Mart"
becomes "traM"
and the second chunk "ySte"
becomes "etSy"
.
The last two characters, "pp"
, are fewer than 4, so they are left as-is.
So the result returned should be "traMetSypp"
.
You may assume that the value passed for k
will be a positive integer.
Constraints:
- Do not use any data structures such as arrays to help you solve this problem.
- You may declare as many simple variables like
Integer
, String
, etc. as you like.