python challenge question (string manipulation)

[John Salerno]

Caleb Hattingh wrote:

> Also, I suspect you meant to say:
> 
>>>> alphabet = string.ascii_lowercase
>>>> code = alphabet[2:] + alphabet[:2]

Ah yes, I see what you did there. :)

> I actually create a new list here, although since lists are mutable, I
> could probably just change items in-place.   There is very likely
> something already in the builtins or the standard library for this, but
> I just haven't searched hard enough.


I'm pretty sure I read about a method for moving the items in lists 
around like that, so that you can shift the beginning to the end and 
vice versa. If I can find it, I'll let you know.