Composition of functions

MRAB python at mrabarnett.plus.com
Thu Jul 1 11:29:31 EDT 2010


Zubin Mithra wrote:
> 
>     Er, I don't think you thought that one entirely through (/ tried it
>     out):
> 
> 
> My Apologies.
> 
> Here is a working one.
> 
>  >>> x="123"
>  >>> t = list(x)
>  >>> t.reverse()
>  >>> print ''.join(t)
> 321
> 
> 
> But of course, the method which was suggested earlier is far more elegant.
> 
>  >>> print ''.join(reversed(list(x)))
> 
If you want even more elegance, try slicing:

 >>> x = "123"
 >>> print x[ : : -1]
321




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