Reverse a string in Python.

The program

Press Run to see what it prints. Change anything you like, then run it again.

text = "coding is fun"
print(text[::-1])

backwards = ""
for letter in text:
    backwards = letter + backwards
print(backwards)

words = text.split()
print(" ".join(reversed(words)))

nuf si gnidoc
nuf si gnidoc
fun is coding

How it works

1. The first way uses a slice. The second builds a new string by putting each letter in front of the ones already there.
2. split() breaks a sentence into a list of words, and " ".join(...) puts them back together.
3. Three different ways to do the same job is normal in programming: pick the clearest.

Try this

• Reverse each word but keep the word order.
• Write a function called reverse.
• Check which way is shortest.

Stuck on an error? Read how to debug Python.