Reversencode the given string

Question

Given a string, if it is even, break the string into 2 even parts, then reverse the parts to get the "reversencoded" string.

Example:

onomatopoeia -> tamonoaieopo

If the string is not of even length, then do not change the position of the middle character, and reverse the letters before and after the middle character.

Example:

pizza -> ipzaz

discord -> sidcdro

Limitations: The input will not contain any other characters other than AlphaNumeric characters. i.e. No newlines/whitespaces.

General contest, shortest code in each language will be winning. Good luck!

btw: i made up the word reversencoded, i'm fairly sure such a form of "encryption" doesnt exist

Answer 1

Jelly, 6 bytes

ṚŒHZUZ

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Explanation

Consider the string ABCDEFGHI:

ṚŒHZUZ
Ṛ      reverse -> IHGFEDCBA
 ŒH    split into halves -> IHGFE
                            DCBA
   Z   transpose -> ID
                    HC
                    GB
                    FA
                    E
    U  reverse each row -> DI
                           CH
                           BG
                           AF
                           E
     Z transpose -> DCBAE
                    IHGF
       implicitly concatenate -> DCBAEIHGF

I never thought the time would come when I'd outgolf Jonathan Allan in Jelly…

Answer 2

Factor, 76 72 65 bytes

[ dup length 2 rem swap halves rot cut [ reverse ] tri@ 3append ]

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-7 bytes thanks to @Bubbler!

Explanation:

It's a quotation (anonymous function) that takes a string from the data stack as input and leaves a string on the data stack as output. Assuming "pizza" is on the data stack when this quotation is called...

• dup Duplicate the object on top of the data stack

  Stack: "pizza" "pizza"

• length Take the length

  Stack: "pizza" 5

• 2 Push 2 to the stack

  Stack: "pizza" 5 2

• rem The remainder of dividing second-from-top by top

  Stack: "pizza" 1

• swap Swap the top two objects

  Stack: 1 "pizza"

• halves Cut a sequence in half. If the sequence has an odd number of elements, the extra element will be in the sequence that is on top of the stack. halves returns slices for efficiency.

  Stack: 1 T{ slice f 0 2 "pizza" } T{ slice f 2 5 "pizza" }

• rot Move the object third from the top to the top

  Stack: T{ slice f 0 2 "pizza" } T{ slice f 2 5 "pizza" } 1

• cut Take a sequence and an index and split the sequence in two at that index. When given an index at either end of a sequence, an empty string will be one of the outputs. cut will "reify" the slice.

  Stack: T{ slice f 0 2 "pizza" } "z" "za"

• [ reverse ] Push a quotation for tri@ to use later

  Stack: T{ slice f 0 2 "pizza" } "z" "za" [ reverse ]

• tri@ Apply a quotation to three objects. In this case, reverse them.

  Stack: "ip" "z" "az"

• 3append Append three sequences

  Stack: "ipzaz"

Answer 3

Retina, 36 bytes

^((.)+?)(.)??((?<-2>.)+)$
$^$1$3$^$4

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^((.)+?)(.)??((?<-2>.)+)$

Match a minimal prefix, an optional centre character, and then a suffix of the same length as the prefix. The prefix and centre are lazy rather than greedy as that's shorter than checking that the group $2 is properly balanced.

$^$1$3$^$4

Reverse the prefix and suffix.

Answer 4

R, 86 bytes

(or 79 bytes with output as a vector of characters instead of a string)

function(s,n=nchar(s),m=n/2+.5,o=n:1)intToUtf8(utf8ToInt(s)[c(o[o<m],o[o==m],o[o>m])])

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Answer 5

Jelly, 9 bytes

LHịJ‘œṖ⁸U

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Full program, due to Jelly's smash-printing

How it works

LHịJ‘œṖ⁸U - Main link. Takes a string S on the left
L         - Length of S, L
 H        - L÷2
   J      - Indices of S; [1, 2, 3, ..., L]
  ị       - Index into;
             If L is even, this just returns L÷2
             If L is odd, this returns [(L-1)÷2, [(L+1)÷2]
    ‘     - Increment
       ⁸  - Yield S, to prevent œṖ hooking to U
     œṖ   - Partition S at the indices in the left
        U - Reverse each sublist
            Implicitly "smash" together (["ip", "z", "az"] -> "ipzaz") and print

Answer 6

J, ²⁵ 22 bytes

[:;]<@|./.~#\*@-2%~1+#

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the idea

Consider discord. We solve in two steps:

• Create a mask like _1 _1 _1 0 1 1 1. For even number inputs, the mask will not contain 0.
• Use that mask to partition into groups, reversing each group.

J details

Using discord as an example:

• 1+# The length plus one, 8 in this case

• 2%~ Divided by 2, so now 4.

• - Subtracted elementwise from

• #\ The range 1..<length>

   _3 _2 _1 0 1 2 3
  

• *@ Sign of each:

   _1 _1 _1 0 1 1 1
  

• /.~ Use that as mask to group the input

• <@|. Reversing and boxing each group

  ┌───┬─┬───┐
  │sid│c│dro│
  └───┴─┴───┘
  

• [:; Raze

  sidcdro
  

Answer 7

Python 3.8 (pre-release), 50 bytes

lambda x:x[(l:=len(x)//2)-1::-1]+x[l:-l]+x[:~l:-1]

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-8 bytes thanks to dingledooper

Answer 8

JavaScript (ES6),  59  58 bytes

Saved 1 byte thanks to @edc65

Expects an array of characters.

s=>s.map(c=>s[i*2]?p=s[i+++i]?c+p:p+c:q=c+q,i=p=q='')&&p+q

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Commented

s =>                 // s[] = input string, as an array
  s.map(c =>         // for each character c in s[]:
    s[i * 2] ?       //   if s[i * 2] is defined, this is either the first
                     //   half of the string or the middle character of a
                     //   string of odd length:
      p =            //     update p:
        s[i++ + i] ? //       if s[i * 2 + 1] is defined, this is not the
                     //       middle character:
          c + p      //         prepend c to p
        :            //       else (middle character):
          p + c      //         append c to p
    :                //   else (2nd half of the string):
      q = c + q,     //     prepend c to q
    i = p = q = ''   //   start with p = q = '' and i zero'ish
  )                  // end of map()
  && p + q           // return p + q

Answer 9

R, 81 79 bytes

function(s,n=nchar(s),m=n/2+1)intToUtf8(utf8ToInt(s)[c(m:2-1,m[n>1&n%%2],n:m)])

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-2 bytes thanks to @Dominic
-2 bytes thanks to @Giuseppe

Developed independently from @Dominic's answer, but some golfs adapted from there.

Abuses the fact that range operator : and extract operator [ both cast their inputs to int.

Answer 10

05AB1E, 16 13 12 bytes

R2ä`?IgÉiÁ}?

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R     reverse input
2ä    slice to 2 pieces, i.e. ["azz", "ip"]
`     dump pieces to stack
?     print last piece without newline
I     push input
g     length
É     is odd
iÁ}   if true rotate right by one
?     print without newline

Answer 11

Retina 0.8.2, 42 bytes

^|$
¶
+`(.*¶)(.)(.*)(.)(¶.*)
$2$1$3$5$4
¶

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^|$
¶

Wrap the input in a working area of three lines.

(.*¶)(.)(.*)(.)(¶.*)
$2$1$3$5$4

Extract the first and last characters of the input, building them up in reverse in the working area.

+`

Continue extracting characters until there is at most one left.

¶

Join the pieces back together.

Answer 12

Jelly, 9 bytes

ŒHṚU2¦FƲ⁺

A monadic Link accepting a list that yields a list.

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How?

ŒHṚU2¦FƲ⁺ - Link: list, S
        ⁺ - repeat this twice - i.e. f(f(S)):
       Ʋ  -   last four links as a monad - f(x)
ŒH        -     split (x) into two halves (odd length x gives longer first half)
  Ṛ       -     reverse
    2¦    -     apply to second element:
   U      -       upend (reverses just 2nd element)
      F   -     flatten

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Another 9 byter using the same method:

ŒHṪ;UFƲ$⁺

Answer 13

Red, 81 bytes

func[s][rejoin[reverse take/part s(n: length? s)/ 2 take/part s n % 2 reverse s]]

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Using parse, 93 bytes

func[s][h:(n: length? s)/ 2 d: n % 2 b:[change copy t h skip(reverse t)]parse s[b d skip b]s]

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Answer 14

SNOBOL4 (CSNOBOL4), 95 bytes

	M =LEN(SIZE(I =INPUT) / 2)
	I M . L ARB . C M . R RPOS(0)
	OUTPUT =REVERSE(L) C REVERSE(R)
END

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Answer 15

Pyth, 21 bytes

++_<QK/lQ2*@QK%lQ2_>K

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Q        # input
K/lQ2    # Set K to len(Q)/2 (integer division)
_<QK     # Take first K elements and reverse them
*@QK%lQ2 # The element at index K taken len(Q) % 2 times
_>K      # Take last K elements and reverse them
++       # Concatenate them

-2 bytes thanks to hakr14

Answer 16

V (vim), 54 bytes

YpC<c-r>=strlen('<c-r>"')/2
<esc>DkA <esc>0@"li
<esc>$@"hi
<Esc>:%!rev
gJgJF x

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The 'no whitespace' guarantee helped a lot with writing this solution.

Explanation

YpC<c-r>=strlen('<c-r>"')/2
Yp                          copy input to new line
  C                         cut and open insert mode
   <c-r>=strlen('<c-r>"')/2 set the line to half of input length
                            call this k

<esc>DkA <esc>0@"li         
<esc>                       exit insert mode
     D                      delete the number k(and copy)
      k                     move to the input
       A <esc>              insert a space at the end
              0@"l          move right k times from the start
                  i         insert a newline

<esc>$@"hi
     $@"hi                  do the same thing, except from the right

<esc>:%!rev                 reverse all lines

gJgJF x                     
gJgJ                        join the three lines
    F                       navigate to the previous space
      x                     delete it

Answer 17

Julia, 50 48 bytes

a->a[(d=(l=end)÷2):-1:1]a[d+1:l-d]a[l:-1:l-d+1]

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Answer 18

Vyxal s, 36 bits^v1, 4.5 bytes

Ṙ½∩R∩

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Porting Jelly is always the best way to do code-golf. Can't believe transpose used to be 2 bytes

Explained

Ṙ½∩R∩
Ṙ         # reversed(input)
 ½        # ↑ split into two halves
  ∩       # transpose ↑
   R      # reverse each row in ↑ (when neither argument is a function, reduce performs vectorised reverse instead)
    ∩     # transpose ↑ and sum using s flag

Answer 19

Charcoal, 15 bytes

⭆⪪θ⊘⊕Ｌθ⭆⪪ι⊘Ｌθ⮌λ

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  θ             Input string
 ⪪              Split into pieces of length
      θ         Input string
     Ｌ          Length
    ⊕           Incremented
   ⊘            Halved
⭆               Map over pieces and join
         ι      Current piece
        ⪪       Split into pieces of length
            θ   Input string
           Ｌ    Length
          ⊘     Halved
       ⭆        Map over pieces and join
              λ Current piece
             ⮌  Reversed
                Implicitly print

Answer 20

Python 3.8, 63 62 bytes

lambda s:s[(l:=len(s))//2-1::-1]+s[l//2]*(l&1)+s[:-~l//2-1:-1]

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Answer 21

05AB1E (legacy), 9 bytes

g;¤Ā‚Ć£íJ

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Explanation:

g          # Get the length of the (implicit) input
 ;         # Halve it
  ¤        # Get the last digit (without popping), which is either 0 or 5
   Ā       # Truthify it, converting the 5 to 1 (0 remains 0)
    ‚      # Pair the two values together
     Ć     # Enclose it; appending the leading halve length as trailing item
      £    # Split the (implicit) input into parts of that size (which truncates the
           # decimals)
       í   # Reverse each part
        J  # Join the parts back together to a string
           # (after which the result is output implicitly)

It uses the legacy version of 05AB1E, because in the new version the ¤ won't work on decimals and would require an explicit cast to string (so 10 bytes instead: g;§¤Ā‚Ć£íJ).

Answer 22

Japt, 13 bytes

Splits the input (e.g. "pizza" or "pizzas") into an array based on indexes (e.g. ["pi", "z", "za"] or ["piz", "zas"]), then maps each item through string reverse and joins again.

üÏgUÊ*½-½ÃmÔ¬
ü             // Group input characters by mapped value where
 Ï            // depending on whether the index is smaller, equal or larger than
   UÊ*½-½     // input's length in half minus half,
  g           // the value is -1, 0, or 1.
         Ã    // Then,
          mÔ¬ // map each item through reverse and join to a string.

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Answer 23

Scala, 145 bytes

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def f(a:String)={val h=a.length/2;val m=(if(a.length%2==1)a.charAt(h).toString else"");a.substring(0,h).reverse+ a.substring(h+m.length).reverse}

Ungolfed version

object A extends App {
  val f:String=>String=input=>{
   val halfLength = input.length / 2
   val middleChar = if (input.length % 2 == 1) input.charAt(halfLength).toString else ""
   val firstHalfReversed = input.substring(0, halfLength).reverse
   val secondHalfReversed = input.substring(halfLength + middleChar.length).reverse
   firstHalfReversed + middleChar + secondHalfReversed
  }
  println(f("pizza"))
  println(f("onomatopoeia"))
}

Answer 24

Java (JDK), 102 ¹⁰⁶ bytes

-4 bytes thanks to @ceilingcat !

For each character we calculate the index of the character it should switch place with.

Incidentally this calculation also gives -1 for the middle character of an odd-length String, which is quite useful!

s->{var r="";for(int j,i=0,l=s.length();i<l;r+=s.charAt(j<0?i-1:j))j=l-(i++*2/l*2-1)*~l/2-i;return r;}

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Answer 25

SAS, 132 bytes

%let n=%eval(%length(&s)/2);data;s="&s";length a b$&n;a=s;b=reverse(s);s=cats(reverse(a),ifc(length(s)/2=&n,"",char(s,&n+1)),b);run;

Assuming you have macrovariable s containing the text:

%let s=abcXdef;

Execute ("ungolfed" for readability):

%let n = %eval(%length(&s)/2);

data;
 s = "&s";
 length a b $ &n;
 a = s;
 b = reverse(s);
 s = cats(reverse(a)
         ,ifc(length(s)/2 = &n, "", char(s, &n+1))
         ,b);
run;

to print out content of created dataset (named automatically data<N>) run:

proc print;
run;

Answer 26

ReRegex, 146 bytes

( *)@(.)/$2$1 @/@$/%/(\w)( *)( +) %\2(?! )/$2$3% $2$1/(.*?)(\w) ( +)%\3(.*)/!$1>$2!$4>/^(\w*?)( +)%\2(.*)/!$1>!$3>/!(\w*?)(\w)>/$2!$1>/!>//@#input

Explained

( *)@(.)/$2$1 @/                    # Count characters. Add a space for every character in the string.
@$/%/                               # Once counting is done, move to dividing
(\w)( *)( +) %\2(?! )/$2$3% $2$1/   # Push character an space pairs over to the other side until it's roughly equal to the lefti n length
(.*?)(\w) ( +)%\3(.*)/!$1>$2!$4>/   # When they're roughly equal, split odd groups into !left>mid!right>
^(\w*?)( +)%\2(.*)/!$1>!$3>/        # Same as above but without the mid character.
!(\w*?)(\w)>/$2!$1>/                # Push the last character of a !> group right behind it, effectively reversing the string.
!>//                                # Clear up any emtpy !> groups
@#input                             # Format the input with a @ counter behind it.

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Answer 27

Japt, 11 bytes

Ôñ@Ê*½-½ gY

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Answer 28

Nibbles, 8 6.5 bytes (13 nibbles)

Saved 1.5 bytes by porting xigoi's Jelly solution like lyxal did

+`'.`'`\~\@\$

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Explanation

+`'.`'`\~\@\$
          @    First line of stdin
         \     Reverse
      `\~      Split into two parts
    `'         Transpose
   .           Map this function to each string in that list:
           \$   Reverse it
 `'            Transpose
+              Concatenate together

Answer 29

Java (JDK), 274 bytes

class A{public static void main(String[]a){System.out.print(new StringBuilder(a[0].substring(0,a[0].length()/2)).reverse().toString()+(a[0].length()%2==1?a[0].charAt(a[0].length()/2):"")+new StringBuilder(a[0].substring((int)(a[0].length()/2D+.5D))).reverse().toString());}}

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Answer 30

Lua, 69 bytes

s=...n=#s//2print((s:sub(-n)..s:sub(n+1,-n-1)..s:sub(1,n)):reverse())

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