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10 changes: 6 additions & 4 deletions strings/reverse_words.py
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def reverse_words(input_str: str) -> str:
"""
Reverses words in a given string
def reverse_words(sentence: str) -> str:
"""Reverse the order of words in a given string.

Extra whitespace between words is ignored.

>>> reverse_words("I love Python")
'Python love I'
>>> reverse_words("I Love Python")
'Python Love I'
"""
return " ".join(input_str.split()[::-1])
return " ".join(sentence.split()[::-1])


if __name__ == "__main__":
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