---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 22:37:44 -0500 From: Jim and Laura Ahl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Danny Yoo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Tutor] Python backwards program
I have read about loops, strings, tuples. I am taking this class on distance education and I am lost with this assignment. I have read what Tony has wrote and that does me no good. I do not understand what he is talking about. I understand how slicing works and what the numbers mean. I know what the -1 and such like that mean. I know what the len function does. I am wasting you guys time. Thanks Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: Danny Yoo To: Tony Meyer Cc: 'Jim and Laura Ahl' ; tutor@python.org Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 9:09 PM Subject: RE: [Tutor] Python backwards program On Wed, 13 Apr 2005, Tony Meyer wrote: > > I am very new to programming and I have an assignment to have a > > raw_input string that is inputted by the user and then is printed > > backwards. Can anyone help me? I can get it to print regular but > > backwards in not working. > > I guess that I shouldn't give code if this is for an assignment, but if > you are using Python 2.4, then try seeing what the "reversed()" built-in > function does. If you're not using Python 2.4, then read up about > "slices" - which is when you get subsections of a string (e.g. > "tony"[2:4] is "ny"). You can pass a 'direction' in a slice as well. It might also help to have a better feeling for what Jim already knows. If this is a school assignment, I doubt that reversed() is allowed, nor reverse slices, since that would make the problem too easy. *cough* Jim, can you give a brief description of what things you've learned already? Do you already know about loops? _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
