Flipping specific segment of string rather than the whole string

If I have a string

str='One two buckle my shoe'

how can I flip it to look as follows?

strM='enO owt elkcub ym eohs'

I have tried using 'flip' and 'reverse' in a few different ways but every time I get

strN='eohs ym elkcub owt enO'

[Jan]

This sounds like a homework question. Please mention this explicitly, because then we can help you to solve the problem by your own. This is better than submitting a solution written by someone else.

[Samiha Shimla]

Hey, rest assured this is not homework. It is a section of a past paper I am solving. I was specifically struggling with this bit. Thanks for the help!

Answer 1

[Stephen23]

regexprep(str,'\w+','${fliplr($0)}')

[Jan]

+1. Compact and clear!

[Sean de Wolski]

Nice use of a function in a regexp!

Answer 2

[madhan ravi]

str='One two buckle my shoe';
b=strsplit(str,' ');
strM=strjoin(cellfun(@flip,b,'un',0))
b=flip(strsplit(str,' '));
strN=strjoin(cellfun(@flip,b,'un',0))

Gives:

str =

    'One two buckle my shoe'

strM =

    'enO owt elkcub ym eohs'

strN =

    'eohs ym elkcub owt enO'

[Samiha Shimla]

Thank you for your solution. But could you please add some comments to explain it? I am new to MATLAB and not yet familiar with the way you used some of the terms. It will be much appreciated.

[madhan ravi]

>> b=strsplit(str,' ') % splits the string as cell arrays when there is space in between words

b =

  1×5 cell array

    {'One'}    {'two'}    {'buckle'}    {'my'}    {'shoe'}

>> c=cellfun(@flip,b,'un',0)  % flip function applied to each cell (words)

c =

  1×5 cell array

    {'enO'}    {'owt'}    {'elkcub'}    {'ym'}    {'eohs'}

>> strM=strjoin(c) % cell array combined as one string array

strM =

    'enO owt elkcub ym eohs'

>> bb=flip(strsplit(str,' ')) % flips the cell array

bb =

  1×5 cell array

    {'shoe'}    {'my'}    {'buckle'}    {'two'}    {'One'}

>> bbb=cellfun(@flip,bb,'un',0) % flip function applied to each cell (words)

bbb =

  1×5 cell array

    {'eohs'}    {'ym'}    {'elkcub'}    {'owt'}    {'enO'}

>> strN=strjoin(bbb) % cell array combined as one string array

strN =

    'eohs ym elkcub owt enO'

>> 

[Samiha Shimla]

Thanks a lot! This makes sense now! ^_^

[madhan ravi]

Anytime :)

Answer 3

[Sean de Wolski]

str=join(reverse(split("One two buckle my shoe")))

[Samiha Shimla]

This is an excellent way of doing it! Thanks Sean!