Help with String Manipulation

[Darrell]

>>> s='now is the time'
>>> l=list(s)
>>> l.reverse()
>>> l
['e', 'm', 'i', 't', ' ', 'e', 'h', 't', ' ', 's', 'i', ' ', 'w', 'o', 'n']
>>> import string
>>> string.join(l,'')
'emit eht si won'

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--Darrell
Samuel G. Williams <samw at masu.wwa.com> wrote in message
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> I know this is a very stupid question and one that has been addressed
> within available documentation, however I need a quick hand. I am in need
> of a routine to reverse the order of a string. I have tried several things
> that have resulted in failures. It is really stupid, but I am just
> learning python. I can do this readily in C, perl, tcl, but am at a loss.
> I would appreciate any help I can get.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
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> Sam Williams  wb5yni samurai at acm.org
> Senior IS Staff Specialist         samw at wwa.com
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