I see... Very Intriguing.> To: tutor@python.org> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date:
Sun, 10 Jun 2007 18:16:00 +0100> Subject: Re: [Tutor] Correct use of range
function..> > > "Adam Urbas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote> >I discovered something
about your revers word program here. I used> > the "for c in word" one.> > if
you type an indented print after print c, then it will print the> > words
vertically. Just thought I'd share that with you.> > You can achieve the same
by missing out the comma at the end> of the print statement too. The comma
suppresses a newline> character. By using a second print you put it back! So
just> missing the comma achieves the same end result.> > Alan G.> > > On
6/10/07, Kent Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> >> David Hamilton wrote:> >>
> I just finished doing an exercise in a tutorial on the range > >> > function>
>> > and while I got it to work, my answer seems ugly. I'm wondering > >> > if
I'm> >> > missing something in the way I'm using the range function.> >> > The
tutorial ask me to print a string backwards. My solution > >> > works, but> >>
> it it just doesn't "feel" right :). My result is difficult to > >> > read
and> >> > I feel like I'm probably over complicating the solution. > >> >
Suggestions?> >> >> >> > word="reverse"> >> > #Start at the end of the string,
count back to the start, > >> > printing each> >> > letter> >> > for i in
range(len(word)-1,-1,-1):> >> > print word[i],> >>> >> That's probably the
best you can do using range(). You could write> >> ln = len(word)> >> for i in
range(ln):> >> print word[ln-i-1],> >>> >> but that is not much different.>
>>> >> You can do better without using range; you can directly iterate the> >>
letters in reverse:> >>> >> for c in word[::-1]:> >> print c,> >>> >> Kent>
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