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> Message: 2
> Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2007 09:20:28 -0500
> From: David Hamilton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: [Tutor] Correct use of range function..
> To: [email protected]
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> 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],
>
>
Another best way of doing it is:
word = 'reverse'
rev = ''
for i in range(len(word)):
print word[-(i+1)]
rev += word[-(i+1)]
print rev
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