diff --git a/algorithms/cpp/maximalRectangle/maximalRectangle.cpp b/algorithms/cpp/maximalRectangle/maximalRectangle.cpp
index 5e0a8fd81..4f732ed73 100644
--- a/algorithms/cpp/maximalRectangle/maximalRectangle.cpp
+++ b/algorithms/cpp/maximalRectangle/maximalRectangle.cpp
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ int maximalRectangle(vector<vector<char> > &matrix) {
     if (matrix.size()<=0 || matrix[0].size()<=0) return 0;
     int row = matrix.size();
     int col = matrix[0].size();
-    vector< vector<int> > heights(row, vector<int> col);
+    vector< vector<int> > heights(row, vector<int>(col));
 
     int maxArea = 0;
     for(int i=0; i<row; i++){
diff --git a/algorithms/cpp/reverseWordsInAString/reverseWordsInAString.cpp b/algorithms/cpp/reverseWordsInAString/reverseWordsInAString.cpp
index b3f4d6147..33e79f882 100644
--- a/algorithms/cpp/reverseWordsInAString/reverseWordsInAString.cpp
+++ b/algorithms/cpp/reverseWordsInAString/reverseWordsInAString.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // Source : https://oj.leetcode.com/problems/reverse-words-in-a-string/
-// Author : Hao Chen
+// Author : Hao Chen, Siwei Xu
 // Date   : 2014-06-16
 
 /********************************************************************************** 
@@ -71,7 +71,35 @@ void reverseWords(string &s) {
     }
     cout << "[" << s << "]" <<endl;
 }
-    
+
+// inspired from <Programming Pearls> -- Handwaving
+void reverseWords2(string &s) {
+    if (s.length() == 0) return;
+
+    string result = "";
+    if (s[s.length()-1] == ' ') {
+        int last = s.find_last_not_of(' ') + 1;
+        s.erase(last, s.length() - last);
+    }
+
+    int first = s.find_first_not_of(' ', 0);
+    while (first != string::npos) {
+        int wend = s.find(' ', first);  // word end
+        if (wend == string::npos) wend = s.length();
+
+        string word = s.substr(first, wend - first);
+        reverse(word.begin(), word.end());
+        result += word;
+
+        first = s.find_first_not_of(' ', wend); // next word
+        if (first == string::npos) break;
+
+        result += ' ';
+    }
+    reverse(result.begin(), result.end());
+    s.swap(result);
+}
+
 main()
 {
    string s;