PHP Exercises: Exchange the first and last characters in a given string and return the new string
PHP Basic Algorithm: Exercise-7 with Solution
Write a PHP program to exchange the first and last characters in a given string and return the new string.
Sample Solution:
PHP Code :
<?php
// Define a function named "test" that takes a parameter $str
function test($str)
{
// Use a ternary operator to check if the length of $str is greater than 1
// If true, concatenate the last character with the substring from index 1 to length-2
// and then concatenate the first character at the end
// If false, return $str as it is
return strlen($str) > 1 ? substr($str, strlen($str) - 1) . substr($str, 1, strlen($str) - 2) . substr($str, 0, 1) : $str;
}
// Call the test function with argument "abcd" and echo the result
echo test("abcd") . "\n";
// Call the test function with argument "a" and echo the result
echo test("a") . "\n";
// Call the test function with argument "xy" and echo the result
echo test("xy") . "\n";
?>
Sample Output:
dbca a yx
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Next: Write a PHP program to create a new string which is 4 copies of the 2 front characters of a given string. If the given string length is less than 2 return the original string.
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