invert the order of a string

[Paul Rubin]

rtilley <rtilley at vt.edu> writes:
> Well, it turns out to be the best way to invert a string, IMO. The
> reversed() feature returns a reversed object... not a reversed
> string. In short, I have to fool with it again _after_ it has been
> inverted. The slicing takes care of the job right away and gives me
> what I want... no Computer Sciencey <reversed object at 0xb6f6152c>>
> to deal with :)

Oh, I see.  I thought I'd tested reversed(...) but I guess I didn't.
I'm going senile.  reversed makes an iterator.

Anyway, slicing is one solution; the array module is another.